Description
A man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability in the non-certificate-based authentication mechanism in McAfee LiveSafe (MLS) versions prior to 16.0.3 allows network attackers to modify the Windows registry value associated with the McAfee update via the HTTP backend-response.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee | Live Safe | 16.0.3 | — |
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- McAfee LiveSafe 16.0.3 - Man In The Middle Registry Modification Leading to Remote Command Execution EDB-44062 · webapps · Sep 7, 2017
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