CVE-2017-3898 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-09-01

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: 7.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee

Live Safe

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-13015	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07217.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Livesafe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2017-09-01T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:35:22.009Z

Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-3898

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-01T13:29:00.537

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-3898

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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