McAfee Network Security Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability
10 Apr. 2012
Summary
McAfee Network Security Manager is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to properly protect sensitive cookie data with the 'HTTPOnly' protection mechanism.
A successful exploit may allow attackers to steal cookie-based authentication credentials; information harvested may aid in further attacks.
This issue affects McAfee Network Security Manager 5.1.7.7; other versions may also be affected.
Vendor Status:
McAfee as issued an update for this vulnerablity.