CVE-2009-5116 — McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain Admin access to the statistics server by leveraging a client account

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MEDIUM

McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain Admin access to the statistics server by leveraging a client account

Published Aug 22, 2012

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.64%

Description

McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain Admin access to the statistics server by leveraging a client account.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.64% 0.01635

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01635

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.64% (0.01635)	75.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.64% (0.01635)	73.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00360)	56.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00227)	61.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.20% (0.00204)	58.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00191)	55.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00162)	51.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00227)	59.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (1)

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 22, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2012

Link CVE-2009-5116

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-5116

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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