CVE-2005-3657
N/A
Published: December 21, 2005 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVirusscan Security CenterMcinsctl.dll
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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