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.

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)

EPSS: 0.117 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

secure@intel.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.