6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-3961
McAfee Security Center Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2006, 9:04 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-3961 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee internet_security_suite
2 Mcafee virusscan
3 Mcafee security_center
4 Mcafee antispyware
5 Mcafee personal_firewall_plus
6 Mcafee privacy_service
7 Mcafee quickclean
8 Mcafee spamkiller
9 Mcafee wireless_home_network_security

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-3961 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

84.12 }} -2.38%

score

0.98584

percentile

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