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CVE-2006-5417

Published: Oct 20, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 24.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

internet security suitemcafeeSecurity Products
network agentmcafeeSecurity Products
personal firewall plusmcafeeSecurity Products
virusscanmcafeeSecurity Products
n/an/a
mcafeecommercialUSSecurity Productsaka mcaee, mcafee security

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22371
secunia.com
http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
securitydot.net
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1750
securityreason.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 20, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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