CVE-2014-8525
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 include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for the session cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to this cookie.
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 set the HTTPOnly flag on the session cookie in the Set-Cookie header. This allows client-side scripts (e.g., XSS payloads) to access the session cookie via document.cookie, potentially enabling session hijacking attacks.
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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 the installed McAfee NDLP versionCheck the product version through the NDLP administrative interface, typically found under Help > About or in the system console information.Affected if The version is 8.6, 9.2.0, 9.2.1, or any version 9.2.2 or lower
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Capture the Set-Cookie header from NDLP login or authenticated pagesUse browser developer tools (Network tab), curl with -I flag, or an HTTP proxy to capture the HTTP response headers when accessing the NDLP web interface.Affected if A Set-Cookie header is present for the session cookie
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Inspect the session cookie for the HttpOnly flagExamine the Set-Cookie header value and check whether the HttpOnly attribute is included in the cookie definition.Affected if The Set-Cookie header for the session ID cookie does NOT contain the HttpOnly attribute
You are affected if your NDLP version is 9.2.2 or below AND the session cookie Set-Cookie header is missing the HttpOnly attribute.
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 McAfee NDLP to version 9.3 or later, which includes the HTTPOnly flag on the session cookie. Alternatively, if upgrading is not immediately feasible, implement a WAF rule to inject the HTTPOnly attribute into Set-Cookie headers as a compensating control.
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