Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager up to 7.5.8 Enterprise Manager Password cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager up to 7.5.8. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Enterprise Manager. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue (Password). The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8989. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager up to 7.5.8. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Enterprise Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unsalted password vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager (web portal) component in Intel Security McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) 7.5.8 and earlier allows attackers to more easily decrypt user passwords via brute force attacks against the database.

The bug was discovered 05/15/2017. The weakness was shared 03/14/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8989 since 02/27/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• McAfee Vulnerability Manager

Version

• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.5.4
• 7.5.5
• 7.5.6
• 7.5.7
• 7.5.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Cryptographic issue / Password
CWE: CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 803322
OpenVAS Name: McAfee Vulnerability Manager Unsalted Password Vulnerability
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2017 🔍
03/14/2017 +15 days 🔍
03/14/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/15/2017 +61 days 🔍
09/06/2020 +1210 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-8989 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97909
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-8989 - Intel Security - McAfee Vulnerability Manager - Brute Force Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 07:54
Updated: 09/06/2020 16:28
Changes: 03/15/2017 07:54 (61), 09/06/2020 16:28 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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