Vulnerability in Mcafee Virusscan
CVE-2000-1128
The default configuration of McAfee VirusScan 4.5 does not quote the ImagePath variable, which improperly sets the search path and allows local users to place a Trojan horse "common.exe" program in the C:\Program Files directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Virusscan — versions 4.5
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1920 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q4/0073.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)