CVE-2019-3663 CRITICAL

CVE-2019-3663: Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Unprotected storage of shared credentials vulnerability

Vendor Mcafee
Product Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)
Published November 13, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 13, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated