CVE - CVE-2005-3657

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-3657	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:15986 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986 IDEFENSE:20051220 McAfee Security Center MCINSCTL.DLL ActiveX Control File Overwrite URL:http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358 SECTRACK:1015390 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390 SECUNIA:18169 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18169 SREASON:279 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279 VUPEN:ADV-2005-3006 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20051118	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20051118)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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