CVE-2006-5417 json
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Fire…
published 2006-10-20 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5402
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) via a long packet, possibly because of an invalid string position field value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Exploit prediction
1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
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
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secunia.com
/advisories/22371
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/448546/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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securitytracker.com
/id?1017057
vdb-entry
- securitydot.net /xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
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securityfocus.com
/bid/20496
vdb-entry
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/29501
vdb-entry
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/1750
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-5417
- NVD CVE-2006-5417
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