CVE-2017-3962

Password recovery exploitation vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows attackers to crack user passwords via unsalted hashes.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:44

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 -

Information

Published : 2018-06-12 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2017-3962

Mitre link : CVE-2017-3962

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-3962

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

network_security_manager

CWE

CWE-916

Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

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