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CVE-2017-3897
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Sep 1, 2017
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-94
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| mcafee | livesafe | * |
| mcafee | security_scan_plus | * |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-872r-73c4-2f6m
A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee...
References (4)
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
11.68%
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
42.7 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub