CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-1128

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2001-01-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mcafee virusscan 4.5

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness

References