CVE-2017-4055 Auth bypass in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication and authorization in the McAfee ATD web interface to evade threat detection mechanisms.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-4055?

CVE-2017-4055 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD), published on 12 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Exploitation of Authentication vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 3.10, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 allows remote unauthenticated users / remote attackers to bypass ATD detection via loose enforcement of authentication and authorization.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4055?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4055?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4055 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2017-4055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-48vg-r6v2-75w4.

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