McAfee Security Scan Plus < 3.11.599.3 LiveSafe Non-certificate-based Authentication HTTP Backend-response Handling MitM Registry Value Manipulation (TS102723)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103529

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Synopsis

The security application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a MitM command execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee Security Scan Plus installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.11.599.3. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism that is triggered during the handling of HTTP backend-responses. This may allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to make changes to the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee Security Scan Plus version 3.11.599.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103529

File Name: mcafee_ssp_3_11_599_3.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/28/2017

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:security_scan_plus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/McAfee Security Scan Plus

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3897, CVE-2017-3898

IAVB: 2017-B-0130

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