CVE-2006-5417
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,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.77% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mcafee/internet security suite · mcafee/network agent · mcafee/personal firewall plus · mcafee/virusscan
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22371Vendor Advisory
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1750
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017057
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448546/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20496
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22371Vendor Advisory
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1750
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017057
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448546/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20496
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29501
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.