CVE-2006-3961

mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.344 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

34.4% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

26 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-16510McAfee Subscription Manager - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/mcafee_mcsubmgr_vsprintfMcAfee Subscription Manager Stack Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mcafee antispyware= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee antispyware= 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antispyware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee internet security suite= 2004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee internet security suite= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee internet security suite= 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:internet_security_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee personal firewall plus= 2004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee personal firewall plus= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee personal firewall plus= 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:personal_firewall_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee privacy service= 2004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee privacy service= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee privacy service= 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:privacy_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee quickclean= 2004nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee quickclean= 2005nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee quickclean= 2006nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:quickclean:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee security center= 4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee security center= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee security center= 6.0.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee security center= 6.0.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee spamkiller= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:spamkiller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-08-01modified 2026-06-16

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references (20)

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