bugtraq - Re: Bypassing Mcafee Entreprise Password Protection

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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:44:34 +0300
From: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
To: thesinoda@...mail.com
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Bypassing Mcafee Entreprise Password Protection

Dear thesinoda@...mail.com,

 Unprivileged  user  has no write access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software.
 This should not be an issue unless Mcafee weakens default permissions.

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--Saturday, March 17, 2007, 3:13:41 AM, you wrote to bugtraq@...urityfocus.com:

thc> Bug Description
thc> ===============
thc> Mcafee virusscan Enterprise version allow you to lock the
thc> user interface using a password. A user write access windows
thc> registry.

thc> The password is saved in UIP under the key
thc> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\McAfee\DesktopProtection

thc> Or it can be under

thc> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\VirusScan Entreprise\CurrentVersion