CVE-2017-4028 SB10193 - consumer and corporate products - Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability
An administrator can inject arbitrary code into McAfee processes by manipulating registry parameters, requiring specific configuration states.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-4028?
CVE-2017-4028 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in McAfee Anti-Virus Plus (AVP), published on 3 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability in all Microsoft Windows products in McAfee consumer and corporate products allows an administrator to inject arbitrary code into a debugged McAfee process via manipulation of registry parameters.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4028?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Mcafee Anti-Virus Plus, Mcafee Endpoint Security, Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention, Mcafee Internet Security, Mcafee Total Protection, Mcafee Virus Scan Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2017-4028?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2017-4028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Anti-Virus Plus (AVP)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4v65-vf6x-vh24.