What is CVE-2017-4055?

CVE-2017-4055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-4055?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense

CVE-2017-4055

Exploitation of Authentication vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 3.10, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 allows remote unauthenticated users / remote attackers to bypass ATD detection via loose enforcement of authentication and authorization.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2017-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense — versions 3.4, 3.6, 3.8
Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense (Atd) — versions 3.7, 3.6, 3.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99564 (vdb-entry)
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4055?: CVE-2017-4055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-4055?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.