McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products…
Priority LOW 26Published · 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 · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) via a long packet, possibly because of an invalid string position field value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0178 78th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_agent:1.0.178.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0.178.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | McAfee |
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:network_agent:1.0.178.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.178.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·McAfee
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5417
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9r32-ggv7-h33m
References
More McAfee Internet Security Suite vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-03837 Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2009-01282 The AV engine before DAT 5600 in McAfee VirusScan, Total Protection, Internet Security… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
- TI-2005-01045 McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 uses insecure default ACLs for installed files, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2005-03201 Multiple interpretation error in (1) McAfee Internet Security Suite 7.1.5 version 9.1.08… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2006-5417 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5417 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9r32-ggv7-h33m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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