CVE-2017-3898 Security feature bypass in Live Safe
Network attackers can modify the Windows registry via MITM attacks on non-certificate authentication, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-3898?
CVE-2017-3898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee Live Safe, published on 1 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3898?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Livesafe.
How do I fix CVE-2017-3898?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-3898 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3898 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Live Safe
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8vwv-vjpq-cx75.