Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2017
CVE-2017-3898
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…
5.9
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Livesafe · Mcafee
through 16.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3898
Vendor Advisory
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723
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