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CVE-2004-2635
An ActiveX control for McAfee Security Installer Control System 4.0.0.81 allows remote attackers to access the Windows registry via web…
High7.5EPSS 1.9%
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Description
An ActiveX control for McAfee Security Installer Control System 4.0.0.81 allows remote attackers to access the Windows registry via web pages that use the control's RegQueryValue() method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1009956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20040425 McAfee VirusScan installer uses insecure ActiveX controls (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11493 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5713 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 10236 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- mcafee-virusscan-activex-gain-access(15994) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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