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>> McAfee Security Center ActiveX Control File Overwrite Vulnerability
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Title : McAfee Security Center ActiveX Control File Overwrite Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-3006
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3657
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-12-20
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A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee Security Center, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an access validation error within the "MCINSCTL.DLL" ActiveX control that does not use the "IObjectSafetySiteLock()" API to restrict domains that can call the "McLog" object and the "StartLog" and "AddLog" methods, which could be exploited via a specially crafted Web page to write arbitrary files (e.g. to the startup folder) that will be executed automatically during the next reboot or logon session.
Affected Products
McAfee VirusScan (mcinsctl.dll 4.0.0.83) and prior
Solution
Vulnerable products are updated automatically through the regular update function.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/3093
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Peter Vreugdenhil
ChangeLog
2005-12-20 : Initial release
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