Vulnerability CVE-2006-4886
Published: 2006-09-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The VirusScan On-Access Scan component in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 and Scan Engine 4.4.00 allows local privileged users to bypass security restrictions and disable the On-Access Scan option by opening the program via the task bar and quickly clicking the Disable button, possibly due to an interface-related race condition.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - disabling the client side \"On-Access Scan\"
EitanCaspi
22.09.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.7/10
6.4/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mcafee -> Scan engine 
Mcafee -> Virusscan enterprise 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1605
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446220/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28971
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