CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0831

7.2 HIGH Published 2004-09-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• mcafee virusscan 4.5 • mcafee virusscan 4.5.1

References