CVE-2004-1908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

McFreeScan.CoMcFreeScan.1 ActiveX object in Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the GetSpecialFolderLocation function with certain parameters.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 11.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:freescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1901	McFreeScan.CoMcFreeScan.1 ActiveX object in Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the GetSpecialFolderLocation function with certain parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11595.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108137545531496&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11313
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10077
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15782

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Freescan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:07:49.071Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1908

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1908

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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