Web Gateway
CVE-2019-3644
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies. Affected products include: Mcafee Active Response, Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense, Mcafee Enterprise Security Manager, Mcafee Web Gateway.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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