Vulnerability in Mcafee Virusscan
CVE-2000-0502
Mcafee VirusScan 4.03 does not properly restrict access to the alert text file before it is sent to the Central Alert Server, which allows local users to modify alerts in an arbitrary fashion.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Virusscan — versions 4.0.3
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4641 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0038.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/6287 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1326 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)