9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-3663
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) Root Password Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) prior to 4.8 allows local attacker to gain access to the root password via accessing sensitive files on the system. This was originally published with a CVSS rating of High, further investigation has resulted in this being updated to Critical. The root password is common across all instances of ATD prior to 4.8. See the Security bulletin for further details

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 14, 2019, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:42 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-3663 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-3663 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee advanced_threat_defense
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-3663.

URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.
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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.
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funoverip/mcafee_atd_CVE-2019-3663

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense ATD 4.6.x and earlier - Hardcoded root password

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 13, 2020, 8:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-3663 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-3663 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source McAfee (DEFUNCT) Trellix
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Trellix https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
    Removed CVSS V3.1 McAfee (DEFUNCT) AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Trellix AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 McAfee AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 McAfee AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-522
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.8
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-3663 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-3663 weaknesses.

CAPEC-50: Password Recovery Exploitation Password Recovery Exploitation CAPEC-102: Session Sidejacking Session Sidejacking CAPEC-474: Signature Spoofing by Key Theft Signature Spoofing by Key Theft CAPEC-509: Kerberoasting Kerberoasting CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service Modify Existing Service CAPEC-555: Remote Services with Stolen Credentials Remote Services with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-560: Use of Known Domain Credentials Use of Known Domain Credentials CAPEC-561: Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-600: Credential Stuffing Credential Stuffing CAPEC-644: Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) Use of Captured Hashes (Pass The Hash) CAPEC-645: Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) Use of Captured Tickets (Pass The Ticket) CAPEC-652: Use of Known Kerberos Credentials Use of Known Kerberos Credentials CAPEC-653: Use of Known Operating System Credentials Use of Known Operating System Credentials
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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