CVE-2005-3657 Information

Description

The ActiveX control in MCINSCTL.DLL for McAfee VirusScan Security Center does not use the IObjectSafetySiteLock API to restrict access to required domains which allows remote attackers to create or append to arbitrary files via the StartLog and AddLog methods in the MCINSTALL.McLog object.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/18169 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/279 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015390 http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=358 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15986 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3006