CVE-2017-3896

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Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.9

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

Unvalidated parameter vulnerability in the remote log viewing capability in Intel Security McAfee Agent 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.4.449 allows remote attackers to pass unexpected input parameters via a URL that was not completely validated.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mcafee	mcafee_agent	`5.0.0`
mcafee	mcafee_agent	`5.0.1`
mcafee	mcafee_agent	`5.0.2`
mcafee	mcafee_agent	`5.0.3`
mcafee	mcafee_agent	`5.0.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.