01 Record
CVE-2005-3657
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-12-21 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 57a874eaad5a22034adbfb98702f218acd6e60a5f14006d7e5dfb6c75b610f1b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securityreason.com279http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279
- securitytracker.com1015390http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-3006http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
- www.idefense.com20051220 McAfee Security Center MCINSCTL.DLL ActiveX Control File Overwritehttp://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358
- www.securityfocus.com15986http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986
- secunia.com18169http://secunia.com/advisories/18169