Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-3898
CVE-2017-3898
Description
A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.
Affected products
2- McAfee/Live Safev5Range: 16.0.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspxnvdVendor Advisory
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