CVE-1999-1195 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NAI VirusScan NT 4.0.2 does not properly modify the scan.dat virus definition file during an update via FTP, but it reports that the update was successful, which could cause a system administrator to believe that the definitions have been updated correctly.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:virusscan:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1176	NAI VirusScan NT 4.0.2 does not properly modify the scan.dat virus definition file during an update via FTP, but it reports that the update was successful, which could cause a system administrator to believe that the definitions have been updated correctly.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00552.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92588169005196&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92587579032534&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/169

History

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Subscriptions

Network Associates Virusscan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.758Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1195

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-05-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1195

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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