CVE-2017-3897 in the critical feed json
A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfe…
published 2017-09-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-13014
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 11.7%
- EPSS 11.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-44067)
- Published
Exploit prediction
11.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-44067 McAfee Security Scan Plus - Remote Command Execution remote, 2017-07-30
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- McAfee Live Safe
- McAfee Security Scan Plus
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
-
service.mcafee.com
/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723
vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/100100
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-3897
- NVD CVE-2017-3897
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