CVE-2004-1906 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.4% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly arbitrary code via a long string in the ScanParam property of a COM object, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 4.36% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mcafee | freescan |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mcafee FreeScan CoMcFreeScan Browser - Object Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2004-04-07 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11313
- http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15772
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11313
- http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15772
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