CVE-2005-3657

Published: Dec 21, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (12)

Products: Mcafee: Mcinsctl.dll, Virusscan Security Center

Mcafee

2 products

Mcinsctl.dll

Virusscan Security Center

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mcafee Mcinsctl.dll	Version 4.0.0.83
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	All versions
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 4.0.3
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 4.0
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 4.5.1
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 4.5
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 5.0
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 6.0
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 7.0
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 7.1
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 8.0
Mcafee Virusscan Security Center	Version 9.0