CVE-2017-3897

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-09-01 06:29

Updated : 2017-09-06 10:53

NVD link : CVE-2017-3897

Mitre link : CVE-2017-3897

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Products Affected

mcafee

livesafe
security_scan_plus

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