CVE-2006-3961

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3961
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-01 21:04:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:32:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Antispyware 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Antispyware 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Antispyware 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Antispyware 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Internet Security Suite 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Privacy Service 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Quickclean 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 4.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0.22 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0.23 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 4.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0.22 All All All
Application Mcafee Security Center 6.0.23 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 7.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Spamkiller 7.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2004 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2005 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Wireless Home Network Security 2006 All All All
Application Mcafee Wireless Home Network Security 2006 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
BeyondTrust | Privileged Access Management, Cyber Security, and Remote Access (formerly Bomgar) | BeyondTrust MISC www.eeye.com
Removing incompatible third party applications CONFIRM ts.mcafeehelp.com
BeyondTrust | Privileged Access Management, Cyber Security, and Remote Access (formerly Bomgar) | BeyondTrust MISC www.eeye.com
McAfee SecurityCenter Subscription Manager Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
27698 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
McAfee SecurityCenter Subscription Manager ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#481212 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SecurityTracker.com Archives - McAfee SecurityCenter Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands SECTRACK securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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