McAfee Virex 7.7 Virus Protection

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5.3$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in McAfee Virex 7.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Virus Protection. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0982. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in McAfee Virex 7.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Virus Protection. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

The bug was discovered 02/28/2006. The weakness was released 03/03/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0982 since 03/03/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/04/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25371), OSVDB (23768†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22159†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/28/2006 🔍
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03/03/2006 +3 days 🔍
03/03/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/25/2009 +1179 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2117 days 🔍
09/04/2019 +1637 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28981
X-Force: 25371
OSVDB: 23768 - CVE-2006-0982 - McAfee Virex - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22159 - McAfee VirusScan for Mac 7.7 EICAR Test File Remote Virus Protection Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/04/2019 18:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (53), 09/04/2019 18:06 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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