CVE-2017-3897
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.68% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 July 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mcafee/livesafe · mcafee/security scan plus
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS moved from 7.7% on 21 September 2026 to 11.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.