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Medium
CVE-2005-3657
The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center...
Vulnerability Description
The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
mcafee
View all reports →Affected Software
mcinsctl.dll, virusscan security center
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0.83, 4.0, 4.0.3, 4.5, 4.5.1, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 21st, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.