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CVE-2006-3961
Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless…
Medium6.8EPSS 34.4%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.4% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- 19265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060807 [EEYEB-20060719] McAfee Subscription Manager Stack Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#481212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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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