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CVE-2006-5417

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.77%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-5417
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.77%

Original NVD 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.