CVE-2009-2429: McAfee Smartfilter

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SmartFilter Web Gateway Security 4.2.1.00 stores user credentials in cleartext in admin_backup.xml files and uses insecure permissions for these files, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• McAfee Smartfilter: version 4.2.1.00 only

Published 2009-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.