Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 68.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
Products affected by CVE-2005-3657
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcinsctl.dll:4.0.0.83
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:-
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:9.0