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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-3972

High
8.3/10

Summary

Infrastructure-based foot printing vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the server banner leaking potentially sensitive or security relevant information.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published