What is CVE-2017-3912?

CVE-2017-3912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Application And Change Control, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-3912?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mcafee Application And Change Control

CVE-2017-3912

Bypassing password security vulnerability in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) 7.0.1 and 6.2.0 allows authenticated users to perform arbitrary command execution via a command-line utility.

Published 2018-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mcafee Application And Change Control — versions 6.2.0, 7.0.1
Mcafee Application Control And Change (Macc) — versions 7.0.1, 6.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102988 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3912?: CVE-2017-3912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Application And Change Control, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-3912?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.