Arbitrary File Creation and Modification Vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Security Center

Arbitrary File Creation and Modification Vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Security Center

CVE-2005-3657 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

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