CVE-2005-3657

high

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279

http://secunia.com/advisories/18169

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00596