Code injection in McAfee Live Safe
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
A Code Injection vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee Live Safe versions prior to 16.0.3 and McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) versions prior to 3.11.599.3 allows network attackers to perform a malicious file execution via a HTTP backend-response.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.11679 96th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee | Live Safe | 16.0.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| McAfee | Security Scan Plus | 3.11.599.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-3897
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-872r-73c4-2f6m
References
More McAfee Livesafe vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-03904 Integer signedness error in the AV engine before DAT 8145, as used in McAfee LiveSafe… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-02993 Improper input validation in McAfee Live Safe CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2017-3897 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-3897 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-872r-73c4-2f6m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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