{"cve":"CVE-2005-3657","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-21T11:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:17:21.297","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["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"],"products":["mcafee:mcinsctl.dll","mcafee:virusscan_security_center"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3657","score":0.0232,"percentile":0.83459,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}