CVE-2017-3897

moderate-risk

Published 2017-09-01

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.

Do I need to act?

4.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

44067

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Livesafe

Security Scan Plus

Affected Vendors

Mcafee

References (4)

Vendor Advisory http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100

Vendor Advisory http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 7/34 · Low

Exposure 7/34 · Low