CVE-2002-2282 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1, when the WebScanX.exe module is enabled, searches for particular DLLs from the user's home directory, even when browsing the local hard drive, which allows local users to run arbitrary code via malicious versions of those DLLs.

Published: 2007-10-18

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2002-2260	McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1, when the WebScanX.exe module is enabled, searches for particular DLLs from the user's home directory, even when browsing the local hard drive, which allows local users to run arbitrary code via malicious versions of those DLLs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6288
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10741

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Virusscan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:59:11.459Z

Reserved: 2007-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2282

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-2282

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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