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FKIE_CVE-2005-3657

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-21 11:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:17

Severity

Summary

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
cve@mitre.org	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
cve@mitre.org	http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
cve@mitre.org	http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
mcafee	mcinsctl.dll	4.0.0.83
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	*
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	4.0
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	4.0.3
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	4.5
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	4.5.1
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	5.0
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	6.0
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	7.0
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	7.1
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	8.0
mcafee	virusscan_security_center	9.0

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CVE-2005-3657 (GCVE-0-2005-3657)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-21 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:17

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilit…	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/18169	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2005-12-20 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2005-3657

CVE-2005-3657 (GCVE-0-2005-3657)

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