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.
Published: 2005-12-21
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3654 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.
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Mcafee Mcinsctl.dll Virusscan Security Center
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.394Z

Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3657

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-21T11:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3657

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