Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-3960 is a privilege elevation issue in McAfee Network Security Management's web interface. A logged-in user with high privileges could use a crafted request parameter to gain elevated privileges. The available sources rate it medium severity and do not show known active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority legacy product risk. Prioritize remediation if NSM remains in production, manages critical security infrastructure, or has broad privileged user access.
Technical view
McAfee NSM before 8.2.7.42.2 is affected. The CVSS 3.0 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, indicating network reachability, low attack complexity, high required privileges, user interaction, changed scope, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running McAfee NSM 8 versions before 8.2.7.42.2. Risk is higher where the NSM web interface is reachable by many privileged users or exposed beyond trusted administrative networks.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not cite public exploit use, exploitation in the wild, or CISA KEV listing. The attack requires authentication and high privileges, reducing broad internet-scale risk but still mattering for insider misuse or compromised admin accounts.
Researcher notes
The bundle provides limited technical detail: no CWE, no exploit narrative, and one vendor reference. Validation should focus on version exposure, privilege boundaries, and vendor bulletin confirmation rather than exploit reproduction.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade McAfee NSM to 8.2.7.42.2 or later.
- Review McAfee security bulletin SB10192 for vendor-specific guidance.
- Limit NSM web interface access to trusted administrative users.
- Review privileged NSM accounts for unnecessary access.
Validation and detection
- Inventory McAfee NSM deployments and record exact versions.
- Confirm no deployment is below 8.2.7.42.2.
- Check whether the NSM web interface is restricted to administrative networks.
- Review logs for unusual privileged web interface activity.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.9 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L1.73.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.9MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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