CVE-2004-0831

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 24, 2004
Updated: Aug 8, 2024
Reserved: Sep 7, 2004

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

mcafee-virusscan-gain-privileges(17367)vdb-entry
20040914 McAfee VirusScan Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitythird-party-advisory
20040915 McAfee VirusScan Privilege Escalation Vulnerability [iDEFENSE]mailing-list

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