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.
Published 2006-08-01 21:04:00
Updated 2025-04-03 01:03:51
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2006-3961

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3961

70.79%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2006-3961

  • McAfee Subscription Manager Stack Buffer Overflow
    Disclosure Date: 2006-08-01
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/browser/mcafee_mcsubmgr_vsprintf
    This module exploits a flaw in the McAfee Subscription Manager ActiveX control. Due to an unsafe use of vsprintf, it is possible to trigger a stack buffer overflow by passing a large string to one of the COM-exposed routines, such as IsAppExpired. This vulnerabilit

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-3961

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-3961

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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