VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-3898

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references