CVE-2014-8524
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMcAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) before 9.3 does not disable the autocomplete setting for the password and other fields, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMcAfee Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) versions before 9.3 fail to disable the autocomplete attribute on sensitive form fields including password fields. This allows web browsers to cache and store sensitive user credentials and other data locally, potentially exposing them to remote attackers through local machine access or malware.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 9.2.2= 8.6= 9.2.0= 9.2.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed McAfee NDLP versionCheck the NDLP management console or use the product's About section. Typically found under Help > About in the NDLP console, or check the installed software version on the server where NDLP is deployed.Affected if The installed version is 9.2.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.0, 8.6, or any version lower than 9.3.
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Access NDLP web interface login pageOpen a web browser and navigate to the NDLP server URL (typically https://[hostname]:[port] where NDLP web console is hosted).Affected if Unable to access the web interface for inspection, but version check from step 1 determines exposure.
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Inspect login form HTML for autocomplete attributeRight-click on the login page, select View Page Source or Inspect Element. Locate the HTML form tags for password and sensitive input fields. Check if the autocomplete attribute is set to 'off' or if it is missing entirely.Affected if The HTML source shows <input> elements for password or sensitive fields WITHOUT autocomplete='off' attribute, or the autocomplete attribute is present with any value other than 'off'.
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Verify browser credential caching behaviorLog out of the NDLP interface, then start a new browser session. Begin typing in the username or password field to see if browser auto-suggests previously stored credentials.Affected if Browser auto-suggests or auto-fills credentials that were previously used for NDLP authentication.
You are affected if your installed McAfee NDLP version is 9.2.2 or lower, AND the web interface login form fields lack autocomplete='off' attribute, allowing browsers to cache sensitive credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to McAfee NDLP version 9.3 or later which properly disables autocomplete on sensitive form fields.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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