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McAfee VirusScan System Scan Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12506
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Release Date:
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2004-09-14
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Last Update:
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2004-09-27
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Popularity:
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7,353 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | McAfee VirusScan 4.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Ian Vitek has reported a vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the process not dropping its privileges before accessing the "System Scan" properties via the system tray, which makes it possible to execute an arbitrary program with these privileges.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.5.1. Prior versions may also be affected.
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