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CVE-2017-3897

N/A

Published: September 1, 2017 at 01:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSecurity Scan PlusLivesafe

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 12%

Description

A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Livesafe · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 16.0.216.0.3

Security Scan Plus · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 3.11.599.23.11.599.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

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

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-94

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