CVE-2000-0502

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Summary

CVECVE-2000-0502
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-06-08 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMcafee 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Virusscan 4.0.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan 4.0.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
6287 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
20000607 Mcafee Alerting DOS vulnerability BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
McAfee VirusScan 4.03 Alert File Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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