CVE-2017-3897

CRITICAL

McAfee Live Safe <16.0.3, MSS+ <3.11.599.3 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-3897. PoCs published by SecuriTeam.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a man-in-the-middle attack against McAfee Security Scan Plus by intercepting plaintext HTTP responses and injecting JavaScript to execute arbitrary commands via the LaunchApplication() API exposed by MCBRWSR2.DLL.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by SecuriTeam · remotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44067

This exploit demonstrates a man-in-the-middle attack against McAfee Security Scan Plus by intercepting plaintext HTTP responses and injecting JavaScript to execute arbitrary commands via the LaunchApplication() API exposed by MCBRWSR2.DLL.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: McAfee Security Scan Plus
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Man-in-the-middle position on the network · Victim initiates a scan in McAfee Security Scan Plus
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100100

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1168
EPSS Percentile 95.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (4)
McAfee/Live Safe 16.0.3
mcafee/livesafe < 16.0.2
McAfee/Security Scan Plus 3.11.599.3
mcafee/security_scan_plus < 3.11.599.2
Published Sep 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026