CVE-2015-8024 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting specific versions of McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), ESMLM, and ESMREC when configured with Active Directory or LDAP. An attacker can bypass authentication by using a specific username ("NGCP|NGCP|NGCP;") and any password. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_enterprise_security_manager:9.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_enterprise_security_manager:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_enterprise_security_manager:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_enterprise_security_manager:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_enterprise_security_manager:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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