CVE-2017-4028 | SB10193 - consumer and corporate products - Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability

Maliciously misconfigured registry vulnerability in all Microsoft Windows products in McAfee consumer and corporate products allows an administrator to inject arbitrary code into a debugged McAfee process via manipulation of registry parameters.

Published: 2018-04-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-4028 is rated Low Risk (34.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-4028

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.54% +0.48%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-4028

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.6 4.0 [email protected]
4.4 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-4028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-4028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee anti-virus_plus — cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:anti-virus_plus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee endpoint_security 10.2 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention <= 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:8.0:patch_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee internet_security — cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee total_protection — cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee virus_scan_enterprise <= 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virus_scan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee virus_scan_enterprise 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virus_scan_enterprise:8.8:patch_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-4028

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