CVE-2015-8989 (GCVE-0-2015-8989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-14 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Unsalted password vulnerability
Assigner
intel CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 60/100 over 96 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) Affected: 7.5.8 and earlier
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Date Public
2015-05-07 00:00
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