CVE-2006-5417
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2006-5417- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-5417- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5402 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-5402- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r32-ggv7-h33m No score
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9r32-ggv7-h33m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-5417 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mcafee Internet Security Suite, published October 20, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.78%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/448546/100/0/threaded
securitytracker.com/id?1017057
securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1659/exploit.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29501
secunia.com/advisories/22371
securityreason.com/securityalert/1750
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5417
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r32-ggv7-h33m