CVE-2009-3566
McAfee IntruShield Network Security Manager (NSM) before 5.1.11.8.1 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in the Set-Cookie header for the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
McAfee IntruShield Network Security Manager (NSM) before 5.1.11.8.1 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in the Set-Cookie header for the session identifier, which allows remote attackers to hijack a session by leveraging a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- McAfee Network Security Manager 5.1.7 - Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33347webapps, jsppublished 6 Nov 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 37004 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- nsm-httponly-session-hijacking(54251) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 59912 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20091111 [SWRX-2009-002] McAfee Network Security Manager Authentication Bypass and Session Hijacking Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 37178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.secureworks.com/ctu/advisories/SWRX-2009-002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3547 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3566)Record last updated .