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CVE-2017-3897

McAfee Security Scan Plus - Remote Command Execution

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.

Una vulnerabilidad de inyección de código en el mecanismo de autenticación no basado en certificados en McAfee Live Safe en versiones anteriores a la 16.0.3 y McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) en versiones anteriores a la 3.11.599.3 permite que los atacantes en red lleven a cabo la ejecución de un archivo malicioso mediante una respuesta backend HTTP.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-12-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2017-07-30 First Exploit
  • 2017-09-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-03 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
Livesafe
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Livesafe"
<= 16.0.2
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Livesafe" and version " <= 16.0.2"
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Affected
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
Security Scan Plus
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Security Scan Plus"
<= 3.11.599.2
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Security Scan Plus" and version " <= 3.11.599.2"
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Affected