CVE-2017-4028 describes a maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability affecting all Microsoft Windows products when McAfee consumer and corporate products are installed. An authenticated administrator can exploit this flaw by manipulating registry parameters to inject arbitrary code into a debugged McAfee process. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high integrity impact (I:H), but has no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:anti-virus_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.