CVE-2015-8989 describes an unsalted password vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager web portal of Intel Security McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) versions 7.5.8 and earlier. This flaw allows attackers to more easily decrypt user passwords stored in the database through brute-force attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:vulnerability_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.