CVE-2015-8989 Weak cryptography in McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM)
Attackers can easily decrypt user passwords via brute force due to unsalted hashing in the Enterprise Manager web portal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-8989?
CVE-2015-8989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM), published on 14 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unsalted password vulnerability in the Enterprise Manager (web portal) component in Intel Security McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM) 7.5.8 and earlier allows attackers to more easily decrypt user passwords via brute force attacks against the database.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8989?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Vulnerability Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8989?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8989 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-8989 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8989 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqqp-j5r9-rc66.