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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-3912
McAfee Application Control and Change Control (MACC) - password management security feature bypass (SFB) leading to an authentication bypass
Vulnerability Description
Bypassing password security vulnerability in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) 7.0.1 and 6.2.0 allows authenticated users to perform arbitrary command execution via a command-line utility.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- McAfee credits Saurabh Tripathi and Sukesh Shetty for reporting this flaw.
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Affected Vendor
McAfee
View all reports →Affected Software
McAfee Application Control and Change Control (MACC)
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.1, 6.2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 18th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.