CVE-2017-4052 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting the web interface of McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions 3.10, 3.8, 3.6, and 3.4. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to modify any configuration settings or gain full administrative control by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.