CVE-2014-8518 describes a hard-coded salt vulnerability in McAfee File and Removable Media Protection (FRP) 4.3.0.x and Endpoint Encryption for Files and Folders (EEFF) 3.2.x through 4.2.x, specifically within their removable media and CD/DVD encryption offsite access options. This flaw allows local attackers to more easily brute-force passwords due to the predictable salt value. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access is required, and only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_encryption_for_files_and_folders:3.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_encryption_for_files_and_folders:3.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_encryption_for_files_and_folders:3.2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_encryption_for_files_and_folders:3.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_encryption_for_files_and_folders:3.2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.