Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2006-5417
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent crash) via a long packet, possibly because of an invalid string position field value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
5.0
MEDIUM
EPSS Probability:1.76%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mcafee | internet_security_suite | all |
| mcafee | network_agent | 1.0.178.0 |
| mcafee | personal_firewall_plus | all |
| mcafee | virusscan | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
1.762%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2006-10-19T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2006-10-20T10:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2006-10-12 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-07T19:48:30 |
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