CVE-2017-3966
SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows remote attackers to exploit or harm a user's browser via reusing the exposed session token in the application URL.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SB10192 - Network Security Management (NSM) - Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows remote attackers to exploit or harm a user's browser via reusing the exposed session token in the application URL.
- Record
CVE-2017-3966- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-13083
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows remote attackers to exploit or harm a user's browser via reusing the exposed session token in the application URL.
- Record
EUVD-2017-13083- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mx-frqj-j9hq
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in...
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows remote attackers to exploit or harm a user's browser via reusing the exposed session token in the application URL.
- Record
GHSA-p7mx-frqj-j9hq- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Exploitation of session variables, resource IDs and other trusted credentials vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows remote attackers to exploit or harm a user's browser via reusing the exposed session token in the application URL.
- Record
CVE-2017-3966- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-613
- 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-2017-3966 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Mcafee Network Security Management (nsm), published April 4, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.