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 authentic…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.012 (65.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

secure@intel.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.