McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) - Password recovery exploitation vulnerability
Published Jun 12, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.35%
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 8StatusaffectedConstraints<8.2.7.42.2
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee | Network Security Management (NSM) | n/a |
|
- < 8.2.7.42.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 26.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 28.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 51.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 51.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 49.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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