PT-2012-1283 · Mcafee · Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise

Published 2012-08-22 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2009-5118

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee VirusScan Enterprise versions prior to 8.7i

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges through a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory. This can be demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.7i, update to version 8.7i or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to remote shares and scanning documents locally until the update is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-5118

Affected Products

Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5118 · Security Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78448 · Note