CVE-2005-3657

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

< 1%

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-11-18 CVE Reserved
2005-12-21 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/18169	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityaler...	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisorie...	Vdb Entry

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URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/displ...	2011-03-08

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (12)

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Mcinsctl.dll Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcinsctl.dll"				4.0.0.83 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcinsctl.dll" and version "4.0.0.83"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				*		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				4.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				4.5 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "4.5"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				4.5.1 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "4.5.1"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				5.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				6.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Virusscan Security Center Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center"				7.1 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Virusscan Security Center" and version "7.1"		-		Affected

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