CVE-2005-3657

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

McAfee Mcinsctl.Dll: 4.0.0.83
McAfee Virusscan Security Center: 4.0, 4.0.3, 4.5, 4.5.1, 5.0, 6.0 (+4)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
http://secunia.com/advisories/18169
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006

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