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CVE-2005-3657

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

Published

2005-12-21T11:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee mcinsctl.dll 4.0.0.83 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center * Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 4.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 4.0.3 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 4.5 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 4.5.1 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 5.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 6.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 7.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 7.1 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 8.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_security_center 9.0 Yes
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