CVE-2017-3960
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) - Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) - Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-3960- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-13077
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2017-13077- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hg2w-8j4g-3rj2
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security...
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
- Record
GHSA-hg2w-8j4g-3rj2- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Exploitation of Authorization vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request parameter.
- Record
CVE-2017-3960- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3960 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Mcafee Network Security Management (nsm), published June 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.