CVE-2017-3897 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 11.7% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.68% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-09-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mcafee | livesafe |
| mcafee | security scan plus |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | McAfee Security Scan Plus - Remote Command Execution | 2017-07-30 |
References
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