PT-2006-2020 · Mcafee · Mcafee Virex

Published 2006-03-03 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-0982

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Virex version 7.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection. This can occur when the on-access scanner fails to activate while accessing malicious content from a web browser, potentially allowing the content to be saved. This has been demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

Recommendations For McAfee Virex version 7.7, ensure the on-access scanner is properly configured and consider temporarily restricting web browser access to potentially malicious content until a fix is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0982

Affected Products

Mcafee Virex

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0982 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded · Note