FKIE_CVE-2017-3962

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-12 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:19
Severity
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee network_security_manager *
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          "product": "Network Security Management (NSM)",
          "vendor": "McAfee",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "8",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "trellixpsirt@trellix.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2017-3962",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:19:11.557",
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