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CVE-2017-3968
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) and Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP)- Password recovery exploitation vulnerability
High7.5EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Manager (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 and McAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) before 9.3.4.1.5 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or manipulate the database via a crafted authentication cookie.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Session fixation vulnerability
- CWE-384 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-384 and its CVEs
Affected products
McAfee · Network Security Management (NSM)
- affected 8 – < 8.2.7.42.2
McAfee · Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP)
- affected 9.3 – < 9.3.4.1.5 Hotfix 1201697_47868
References (2)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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