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CVE-2019-3663

Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Unprotected storage of shared credentials vulnerability

Published: Nov 13, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-522
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 43.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected Products

McAfee
commercial·USaka mcafee security, mcaee
Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
Security Products
advanced threat defense
Security Products
McAfee Inc.
commercial·USaka mcafee
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
Security Products

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3663
nvd.nist.gov
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
kc.mcafee.com
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
kc.mcafee.com

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