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CVE-2017-3971
SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Cryptanalysis vulnerability
High8.2EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Cryptanalysis vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows attackers to view confidential information via insecure use of RC4 encryption cyphers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By trellix
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
- Cryptanalysis vulnerability
- CWE-326 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-326 and its CVEs
Affected products
McAfee · Network Security Management (NSM)
- affected 8.2 – < 8.2.7.42.2
References (1)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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