CVE-2017-3898

moderate-risk
Published 2017-09-01

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.

Do I need to act?

~
7.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
44062
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mcafee

References (2)

Vendor Advisory http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723
Vendor Advisory http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal