CVE-2005-3657

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
0.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 28% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: December 21, 2005 (7449 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

mcafee mcinsctl.dllmcafee virusscan security center

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.idefense.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com