CVE-2017-3962

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-916

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 12, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-3962: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix