CVE-2015-8577

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 16, 2015
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Dec 16, 2015

Description

The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

78810vdb-entry
http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142

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