# CVE-2017-3896: Other in McAfee Agent

> Remote attackers can exploit unvalidated parameters in the log viewing feature of McAfee Agent to send unexpected input.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f6r6-r347-gjw5

## What is CVE-2017-3896?

CVE-2017-3896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Agent, published on 13 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unvalidated parameter vulnerability in the remote log viewing capability in Intel Security McAfee Agent 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.4.449 allows remote attackers to pass unexpected input parameters via a URL that was not completely validated.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3896?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Mcafee Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3896?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3896 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3896 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3896 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel McAfee Agent

- [CVE-2021-31841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31841/): DLL side loading vulnerability in MA for Windows (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-7314](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7314/): Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee DXL for Mac (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-7311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7311/): Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-7312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7312/): DLL Search Order Hijacking in MA for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-31840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31840/): DLL preload vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3896 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Agent, published on 13 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3896 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel McAfee Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3896/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3896/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3896
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3896
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3896

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