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CVE-2017-3898 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mcafee livesafe
<= 16.0.2

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-3898
NVD Published Date:
Sep 1, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]