{"id":"CVE-2017-3898","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-3898","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:44.747Z","title":"A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP…","description":"A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.","published":"2017-09-01T13:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@intel.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["mcafee/livesafe"],"epss":{"score":0.03176,"percentile":0.87981,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-09-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44062,"kind":"exploit","title":"McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44062","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/webapps/44062.md","file":"exploits/hardware/webapps/44062.md","published":"2017-09-07","added":"2018-02-15","updated":"2018-02-15","author":"SecuriTeam","type":"webapps","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-3898"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3248"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3898","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}