Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-3897

Description

A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.

Affected products

McAfee/Livesafe
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=16.0.2
McAfee/Security Scan Plus
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.11.599.2
McAfee/Live Safev5
Range: 16.0.3
McAfee/Security Scan Plusv5
Range: 3.11.599.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspxnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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