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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1357 · published 17 March 2008

CVE-2008-1357: Mcafee agent vulnerability

MMcafee · Agent

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.

5.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.2% · top 6.7% CWE-134 · CWE-134
5.4CVSS 2.0 base score
6.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29337 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019609
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0866/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41178
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29337 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019609
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0866/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41178
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1357), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.