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CVE-2017-3898

McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command Execution

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.

Una vulnerabilidad de tipo ataque Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) en el mecanismo de autenticación no basado en certificados en McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) en versiones anteriores a la 16.0.3 permite que atacantes en red modifiquen el valor de registro de Windows asociado con la actualización McAfee mediante una respuesta backend HTTP.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-12-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2017-09-01 CVE Published
  • 2017-09-07 First Exploit
  • 2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
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