Vulnerability in Mcafee Virusscan
CVE-2004-0831
McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1 does not drop SYSTEM privileges before allowing users to browse for files via the "System Scan" properties of the System Tray applet, which could allow local users to gain privileges.
EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mcafee Virusscan — versions 4.5, 4.5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_IDEFENSE, Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)