CVE-2006-3961

N/A Unknown
Published: August 01, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21264
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27698
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21264
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016614
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/27698
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
71.5%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mcafee