VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-3962

CVSS score5.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

Primary references