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CVE-2017-4028

Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability in all Microsoft Windows products in McAfee consumer and corporate prod

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.00114
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

8
mcafee anti-virus plusall versions
mcafee endpoint securityall versions
mcafee host intrusion prevention<= 8.0
mcafee host intrusion preventionall versions
mcafee internet securityall versions
mcafee total protectionall versions
mcafee virus scan enterprise<= 8.8
mcafee virus scan enterpriseall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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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.
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · trellixpsirt@trellix.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Apr 2018 · 10:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97958
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10193
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