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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-1906 json

Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly arbitrary code via a long string in the ScanParam propert…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1899

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly arbitrary code via a long string in the ScanParam property of a COM object, which may trigger a buffer overflow.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23920)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23920 Mcafee FreeScan CoMcFreeScan Browser - Object Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2004-04-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • theinsider.deep-ice.com http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lists.grok.org.uk http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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