CVE-2017-3972: McAfee Network Security Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Infrastructure-based foot printing vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the server banner leaking potentially sensitive or security relevant information.

Affected products

• McAfee Network Security Manager: before 8.2.7.42.2 (fixed in 8.2.7.42.2)

Published 2018-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.