Vulnerability in Mcafee Mcinsctl.dll
CVE-2005-3657
The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Mcinsctl.dll — versions 4.0.0.83
- Mcafee Virusscan Security Center — versions 4.0, 4.0.3, 4.5
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/279 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006 (vdb-entry)
- www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18169 (third-party-advisory)