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CVE-2017-3897 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mcafee livesafe
<= 16.0.2

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mcafee security scan plus
<= 3.11.599.2

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-3897
NVD Published Date:
Sep 1, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]