CVE-2006-3961
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 34.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3954)
- Published
- August 1, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3954 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / antispyware
- mcafee / antispyware
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / internet security suite
- mcafee / personal firewall plus
- mcafee / personal firewall plus
- mcafee / personal firewall plus
- mcafee / privacy service
- mcafee / privacy service
- mcafee / privacy service
- mcafee / quickclean
- mcafee / quickclean
- mcafee / quickclean
- mcafee / security center
- mcafee / security center
- mcafee / security center
- mcafee / security center
- mcafee / spamkiller
- mcafee / spamkiller
- mcafee / spamkiller
- mcafee / virusscan
- mcafee / virusscan
- mcafee / virusscan
- mcafee / wireless home network security
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21264(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/27698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442495/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19265(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3096(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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