$ cve CVE-2006-3961 JSON

CVE-2006-3961 EXPLOIT

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 34.4% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.

Scoring

CVSS	6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	34.36% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-08-01
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (9)

Vendor	Product
mcafee	antispyware
mcafee	internet security suite
mcafee	personal firewall plus
mcafee	privacy service
mcafee	quickclean
mcafee	security center
mcafee	spamkiller
mcafee	virusscan
mcafee	wireless home network security

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	McAfee Subscription Manager - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)	2010-07-03

References

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