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Sid
21406

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in mcinsctl.dll.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains, which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

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Affected Systems:
mcafee mcinsctl.dll 4.0.0.83

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker can host a web site that will return code of their choosing to the object when a victim clicks on a malicious link.

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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-3657:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-3657
  
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