CVE-2017-3898
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...
- Published
- Sep 1, 2017
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- intel
- Evidence observed
- Sep 7, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 87.7%
- Model date
- Oct 12, 2026
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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.
Sources
- McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command ExecutionExploit
SecuriTeam · hardware · Sep 7, 2017
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