# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4v65-vf6x-vh24

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4028?

It affects 6 products.


Products: 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.

## 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)

- [CVE-2019-3648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3648/): Implicit loading of DLLs (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-4028 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4028 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: McAfee Anti-Virus Plus (AVP). 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-2017-4028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4028/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4028
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4028
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4028

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4028/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.