CVE-2017-3898 EXPLOIT
5.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.9 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.18% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-09-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mcafee | livesafe |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command Execution | 2017-09-07 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD