Operating System:

[WIN]

Published:

03 November 2014

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2014.0124
      McAfee Security Bulletin - File and Removable Media Protection
         (FRP/EEFF/EERM) update addresses a brute-force attack on
                            weak user passwords
                              3 November 2014

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              McAfee Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders (EEFF)
                      McAfee Files and Removable Media Protection (FRP)
Operating System:     Windows
Impact/Access:        Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                      Unauthorised Access    -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
Member content until: Wednesday, December  3 2014

OVERVIEW

        McAfee has discovered a vulnerability in the Password-Based Key 
        Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) used in its Endpoint Encryption for 
        Files and Folders (EEFF) and File and Removable Media Protection 
        (FRP) software products. The weakness affects versions 3.2.x. 4.0.x,
        4.1.x and 4.2.x of EEFF and version 4.3.0.x of FRP. [1]


IMPACT

        McAfee has provided the following details regarding the 
        vulnerability:
        
        Insufficient Entropy (CWE-331) in the passsword-based key derivation function
        may allow an attacker to guess user passwords by leveraging patterns
        and clusters of values that are more likely to occur.[2]
        
        If the password is used to encrypt data, the attacker will be able 
        to access that data in clear text. If the password is used for 
        Authentication and/or Authorisation, the attacker will be able to
        gain unauthorized access to systems. [1]


MITIGATION

        McAfee recommends affected users apply the appropriate hotfix for 
        their product version, which uses a strong implementation of 
        Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2). [1][3]


REFERENCES

        [1] McAfee Security Bulletin - File and Removable Media Protection
            (FRP/EEFF/EERM) update addresses a brute-force attack on weak user
            passwords
            https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10089

        [2] CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy
            http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/331.html

        [3] PBKDF2
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2

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