CVE-2017-3898
N/A
Published: September 1, 2017 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLivesafe
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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