Vulnerability in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense
CVE-2019-3663
Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) prior to 4.8 allows local attacker to gain access to the root password via accessing sensitive files on the system. This was originally published with a CVSS rating of High, further investigation has resulted in this being updated to Critical. The root password is common across all instances of ATD prior to 4.8. See the Security bulletin for further details
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense
- Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense (Atd) — versions prior to 4.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-3663?
- CVE-2019-3663 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-3663?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-3663 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.