CVE-2004-2635 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An ActiveX control for McAfee Security Installer Control System 4.0.0.81 allows remote attackers to access the Windows registry via web pages that use the control's RegQueryValue() method.

Published: 2005-12-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.2% Low

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:security_installer_control_system:4.0.0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2626	An ActiveX control for McAfee Security Installer Control System 4.0.0.81 allows remote attackers to access the Windows registry via web pages that use the control's RegQueryValue() method.

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 Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2004-q2/0026.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11493
http://www.osvdb.org/5713
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10236
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009956.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15994

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Security Installer Control System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-04T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:24.503Z

Reserved: 2005-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2635

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2004-2635

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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