Buffer overflow in Mcafee Antispyware
CVE-2006-3961
Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.344 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.344 · newest: 0.344 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Antispyware — versions 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Internet Security Suite — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Privacy Service — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Quickclean — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Security Center — versions 4.3, 6.0, 6.0.22
- Mcafee Spamkiller — versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- Mcafee Virusscan — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
- Mcafee Wireless Home Network Security — versions 2006
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/27698 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html
- ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp
- secunia.com/advisories/21264 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-3961?
- CVE-2006-3961 is a vulnerability in Mcafee Antispyware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2006-08-01.
- Is CVE-2006-3961 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.