CVE-2017-3897

critical Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
4.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 11% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: September 1, 2017 (3176 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-94

Affected Products

mcafee livesafemcafee security scan plus

References

🔗 service.mcafee.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 service.mcafee.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com