PT-2017-16166
CVE-2017-3898
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Published
2017-09-01
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
McAfee LiveSafe versions prior to 16.0.3
Description
A man-in-the-middle attack issue exists in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism, allowing network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 16.0.3, update to version 16.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.
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