McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 1.0.178.0 mcnasvc.exe denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 1.0.178.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file mcnasvc.exe. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5417. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in McAfee Personal Firewall Plus 1.0.178.0 (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown part of the file mcnasvc.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 10/20/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5417 since 10/19/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29501), SecurityFocus (BID 20496†), Secunia (SA22371†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017057†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/12/2006 🔍
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10/13/2006 +1 days 🔍
10/19/2006 +6 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3065 days 🔍
04/25/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5417 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5417
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32868
X-Force: 29501 - McAfee Network Agent mcnasvc.exe denial of service
SecurityFocus: 20496 - McAfee Network Agent Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 22371 - McAfee Network Agent Invalid String Position Denial of Service, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017057 - Mcafee Network Agent Lets Remote Users Deny Service

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 02:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (61), 10/01/2017 20:42 (1), 04/25/2026 02:43 (18)
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