Description: A vulnerability has been reported in various McAfee products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the SecurityCenter Subscription Manager ActiveX control (McSubMgr.dll) when handling the "IsOldAppInstalled()" method. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted argument passed to the said method.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user visits a malicious website.
The vulnerability affects versions prior to 7.2.147 and 6.0.25.
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