Vulnerability in Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus
CVE-2017-4028
Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability in all Microsoft Windows products in McAfee consumer and corporate products allows an administrator to inject arbitrary code into a debugged McAfee process via manipulation of registry parameters.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus
- Mcafee Endpoint Security — versions 10.2
- Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention — versions 8.0
- Mcafee Internet Security
- Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus (Avp) — versions 170329
- Mcafee Endpoint Security (Ens) — versions 10.2
- Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention (Host Ips) — versions 8.0
- Mcafee Internet Security (Mis) — versions 170329
- Mcafee Total Protection (Mtp) — versions 170329
- Mcafee Virus Scan Enterprise (Vse) — versions 8.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-4028?
- CVE-2017-4028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2018-04-03.
- How severe is CVE-2017-4028?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.