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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-3663 · published 14 November 2019

CVE-2019-3663: Mcafee advanced threat defense insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability

MMcafee · Advanced Threat Defense

Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) prior to 4.8 allows local attacker to gain access to the root password via accessing sensitive files on the system. This was originally published with a CVSS rating of High, further investigation has resulted in this being updated to Critical. The root password is common across all instances of ATD prior to 4.8. See the Security bulletin for further details

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.91% · top 41.5% CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 2.1
0.91%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) prior to 4.8 allows local attacker to gain access to the root password via accessing sensitive files on the system. This was originally published with a CVSS rating of High, further investigation has resulted in this being updated to Critical. The root password is common across all instances of ATD prior to 4.8. See the Security bulletin for further details

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10304

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-3663), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-02). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.