CVE-2000-0502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mcafee VirusScan 4.03 does not properly restrict access to the alert text file before it is sent to the Central Alert Server, which allows local users to modify alerts in an arbitrary fashion.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 2.1 Low

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2000-0499	Mcafee VirusScan 4.03 does not properly restrict access to the alert text file before it is sent to the Central Alert Server, which allows local users to modify alerts in an arbitrary fashion.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00089.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0038.html
http://www.osvdb.org/6287
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1326
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4641

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Virusscan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:30.581Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0502

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-08T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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