CVE-2017-3897 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating HTTP backend responses. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-44067), and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.11.599.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.