PT-2017-7520
CVE-2015-8989
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Published
2017-03-14
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Updated
2017-03-22
Description by
CVSS 2.0
4.0
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Intel Security McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) versions 7.5.8 and earlier
Description
The issue concerns an unsalted password vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager component, which allows attackers to more easily decrypt user passwords via brute force attacks against the database.
Recommendations
For versions 7.5.8 and earlier, update to a version that includes a fix for the unsalted password vulnerability to prevent brute force attacks against the database.
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