CVE-2006-3961
MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21264
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016614
- http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=407052
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD2006807.html
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060719.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/481212
- http://www.osvdb.org/27698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.