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TI-2006-03837 Aliases CVE-2006-3961GHSA-x3j8-8pm3-5gwm

Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center…

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.34364 98th 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 · 25

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Show 15 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.22VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.23VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2004VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2005VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:wireless_home_network_security:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2006VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.22 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:6.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.23 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:wireless_home_network_security:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2006 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3961
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x3j8-8pm3-5gwm

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

Sources

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