CVE-2006-3961

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Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite

Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.71488

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

mcafee antispywareall versions
mcafee internet security suiteall versions
mcafee personal firewall plusall versions
mcafee privacy serviceall versions
mcafee quickcleanall versions
mcafee security centerall versions
mcafee spamkillerall versions
mcafee virusscanall versions
Show all 9 affected productsmcafee wireless home network securityall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

remoteMcAfee Subscription Manager - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)verified

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productmediumActivate Suppression of Windows Security Center Notifications

productmediumDisable Windows Security Center Notifications

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Scoring & Timeline

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD01 Aug 2006 · 09:04 PM

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References & Sources

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http://secunia.com/advisories/21264PatchVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016614

http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052

http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html

http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212US Government Resource

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http://www.osvdb.org/27698

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096Vendor Advisory

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