CVE-2019-3663

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 14, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-3663: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix