{"id":"CVE-2009-5116","aliases":["EUVD-2009-5071","GHSA-4r8g-96wp-vqm6"],"status":"published","title":"McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which...","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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01635,"percentile":0.76465,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2012-08-22T10:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:06Z","products":[{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"linuxshield"}],"references":[{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10007","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5116"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r8g-96wp-vqm6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2009-5116","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.","status":"published","published":"2012-08-22T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T18:29:53.903Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:22.699876Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2009-5071","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.","status":"published","published":"2012-08-22T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T18:29:53Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:32.095421Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-4r8g-96wp-vqm6","title":"McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which...","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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-02T04:01:24Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:08:25Z","cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:49:23.788915Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2009-5116","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.","status":"published","published":"2012-08-22T10:42:03.587Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:06.86Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:38.684719Z"}]}}