mcafee advanced-threat-defense CVE-2019-3663 is a vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense
Published on November 14, 2019

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

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2019-3663 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2019-3663

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Affected Versions

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) Version prior to 4.8 is affected by CVE-2019-3663

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.44%
Percentile
62.90%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.