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.
Exploits (1)
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?lc=1033&id=TS102723
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0722
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
McAfee/Live Safe
16.0.3
mcafee/livesafe
< 16.0.2
Published
Sep 01, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026