CVE-2005-3657

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3657
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-21 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Mcinsctl.dll 4.0.0.83 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center All All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 4.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 4.0.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 4.5 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 4.5.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 7.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 7.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 8.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Security Center 9.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee VirusScan Security Center ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Vendor Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - McAfee SecurityCenter "mcinsctl.dll" ActiveX File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
McAfee SecurityCenter 'MCINSCTL.DLL' Lets Remote Users Create or Overwrite Arbitrary Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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