CVE-2015-7612
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Organizations page in Enterprise Manager in McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) 7.5.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in McAfee Vulnerability Manager 7.5.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to craft malicious requests that administrators unknowingly execute, hijacking their authenticated sessions to perform unauthorized actions on the Organizations page in Enterprise Manager.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.5.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm McAfee Vulnerability Manager is installedLocate the MVM installation directory or check installed programs on the server. Typical paths include C:\Program Files\McAfee\Vulnerability Manager or similar. Check Windows Services for 'McAfee Vulnerability Manager' service.Affected if The software is present on the system
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Determine the installed version numberCheck the version of McAfee Vulnerability Manager. Look in the Enterprise Manager interface (Help > About) or check the installer/version file in the installation directory. Compare against 7.5.9.Affected if The installed version is 7.5.9 or earlier
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Verify Enterprise Manager web interface is accessibleDetermine if the Enterprise Manager web console is reachable. Check if port 8443 or the configured SSL port is open and responding. Attempt to access the login page via browser or curl.Affected if The Enterprise Manager web interface is exposed and reachable
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Confirm access to the Organizations pageLog into Enterprise Manager and navigate to the Organizations page within the admin console. Verify the page loads and accepts administrative operations.Affected if The Organizations page is accessible to authenticated administrators
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Check for CSRF token implementation on the Organizations pageExamine the HTML source of the Organizations page for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens. Look for hidden form fields with names like 'token', 'csrf', or similar security tokens in forms that perform state-changing operations.Affected if No anti-CSRF tokens are found in the Organizations page forms
You are affected if McAfee Vulnerability Manager version 7.5.9 or earlier is installed and the Enterprise Manager web interface is accessible, particularly if the Organizations page lacks anti-CSRF token protection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all forms and state-changing operations in the Organizations page, and validate tokens server-side before processing administrative requests.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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