CVE-2017-3898 is a medium-severity man-in-the-middle (MITM) vulnerability affecting McAfee LiveSafe versions prior to 16.0.3. This flaw allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value for McAfee updates via an HTTP backend response, potentially leading to remote command execution. The attack requires high complexity but does not necessitate user interaction or privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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