CVE-2017-3962 (GCVE-0-2017-3962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:39
VLAI
Title
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) - Password recovery exploitation vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Password recovery exploitation vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) Affected: 8 , < 8.2.7.42.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-03-29 00:00
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