What is CVE-2017-3898?

CVE-2017-3898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Live Safe, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-3898?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Mcafee Live Safe

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 network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mcafee Live Safe — versions 16.0.3
Mcafee Livesafe

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3898?: CVE-2017-3898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Live Safe, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-3898?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.