# CVE-2019-3651: Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Information Disclosure vulnerability

> Remote authenticated attackers can escalate privileges to ePO administrator using overly permissive atduser credentials in McAfee ATD.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97pc-gqwx-pc6q

## What is CVE-2019-3651?

CVE-2019-3651 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD), published on 13 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Information Disclosure vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD prior to 4.8 allows remote authenticated attackers to gain access to ePO as an administrator via using the atduser credentials, which were too permissive.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3651?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-3651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3651 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-3651 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD)

- [CVE-2019-3663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3663/): Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Unprotected storage of shared credentials vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-4052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4052/): Auth bypass in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-4053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4053/): Command injection in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-4054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4054/): Command injection in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-4057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4057/): Privilege escalation in Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3651 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-3651 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD), published on 13 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3651/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3651
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3651
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3651

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