CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0982

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2006-03-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-03-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

Affected configurations

• mcafee virex 7.7

References