CVE-2019-3711
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 · uneditedRSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 P1 contain an Insecure Credential Management Vulnerability. A malicious Operations Console administrator may be able to obtain the value of a domain password that another Operations Console administrator had set previously and use it for attacks.
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 · moderate confidenceRSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 P1 contain an insecure credential management vulnerability where a malicious Operations Console administrator can obtain domain passwords previously set by other administrators, enabling credential theft for further attacks.
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= 8.4< 8.4CVSS 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
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 RSA Authentication Manager versionAccess the Operations Console or primary admin interface and locate the product version information, typically found in the About or System Information section of the consoleAffected if The displayed version is 8.4 or any version prior to 8.4 P1 (for example, 8.3, 8.2, earlier releases)
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Verify Operations Console is enabledConfirm that the Operations Console component is deployed and accessible in your environmentAffected if Operations Console is active and administrators have access to it, as this is the interface through which the credential exposure occurs
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Review administrator accountsList all administrator accounts that have Operations Console access through the Security Console or by querying the admin user databaseAffected if Multiple administrator accounts exist with Operations Console privileges, as any one of these could potentially exploit the flaw
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Check for historical password entriesExamine the Operations Console configuration or logs for any stored or cached domain password entries that were set by previous administratorsAffected if Any domain passwords or credential entries are visible or recoverable through the console interface beyond the current session
You are affected if your RSA Authentication Manager installation is version 8.4 or any version prior to 8.4 P1, and the Operations Console with administrative access is in use.
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 data8.4
Upgrade to RSA Authentication Manager 8.4 P1 or later. Additionally, rotate any domain passwords that may have been exposed and review admin access logs for suspicious activity.
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing10.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-3711 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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