CVE-2006-3961
Buffer 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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 34.36% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mcafee/antispyware · mcafee/internet security suite · mcafee/personal firewall plus · mcafee/privacy service · mcafee/quickclean · mcafee/security center · mcafee/spamkiller · mcafee/virusscan · mcafee/wireless home network security
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21264Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016614
- http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21264Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016614
- http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/27698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.