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CVE-2017-38981 exploit
A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 1…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.2%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-44062 McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command Execution · webapps · 2017-09-07
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- McAfee Live Safe
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- service.mcafee.com /FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-3898
- NVD: CVE-2017-3898
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