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TI-2005-03452 Aliases CVE-2005-3657GHSA-q8cw-f2cj-49gc

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the…

Priority LOW 27Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0232 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcinsctl.dll:4.0.0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0.83VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcinsctl.dll:4.0.0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0.83 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_security_center:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3657
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8cw-f2cj-49gc

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

Sources

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