Vulnerability in Mcafee Network Security Management (Nsm)

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-3962: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3962?
CVE-2017-3962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Network Security Management (Nsm), classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-3962?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.