Code Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Live Safe and Security Scan Plus
CVE-2017-3897

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee
Status
Live Safe
Security Scan Plus
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 September 2017

What is CVE-2017-3897?

A code injection vulnerability exists in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism of McAfee Live Safe and McAfee Security Scan Plus. This issue affects versions prior to 16.0.3 and 3.11.599.3 respectively. If exploited, network attackers can execute malicious files through HTTP backend responses, potentially compromising system integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Live Safe 16.0.3

Security Scan Plus 3.11.599.3

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100
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http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS1...
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EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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