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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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Affected products

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  • McAfee/Livesafe2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:livesafe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=16.0.2
    • (no CPE)range: 16.0.3

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