RCE in Mcafee Live Safe
CVE-2017-3897
A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.117 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.117 · newest: 0.117 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Live Safe — versions 16.0.3
- Mcafee Livesafe
- Mcafee Security Scan Plus — versions 3.11.599.3
- Mcafee Security Scan Plus
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-3897?
- CVE-2017-3897 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Live Safe, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-01.
- How severe is CVE-2017-3897?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.