Description
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.
Published: 2012-08-22
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3492 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.
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Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:21:18.515Z

Reserved: 2010-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3496

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:03.990

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3496

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