{"id":"CVE-2017-3969","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-3969","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:57.596Z","title":"Abuse of communication channels vulnerability in the server in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt messages via an inadequate implementation of SSL.","description":"Abuse of communication channels vulnerability in the server in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) before 8.2.7.42.2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt messages via an inadequate implementation of SSL.","published":"2018-04-04T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-417"],"affected":["mcafee/network security manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00799,"percentile":0.56344,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192","source":"trellixpsirt@trellix.com"},{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10192","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3969","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}