CVE-2000-0650

Current Description

The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse.

Basic Data

Published	July 11, 2000
Last Modified	October 10, 2017
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	LOW
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	2.1
Severity	LOW
Exploitability Score	3.9
Impact Score	2.9
Obtain All Privilege	false
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version Start Including	Version End Including	Version Start Excluding	Version End Excluding
2.3	Application	Network Associates	Netshield	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Network Associates	Virusscan	4.5	*	windows_nt	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Network Associates	Virusscan	4.5
Network Associates	Netshield	4.5

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
20000711 Potential Vulnerability in McAfee Netshield and VirusScan 4.5	http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0007&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=2753	NTBUGTRAQ	Patch Vendor Advisory
1458	http://www.osvdb.org/1458	OSVDB
4200	http://www.osvdb.org/4200	OSVDB
1458	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1458	BID	Patch Vendor Advisory
nai-virusscan-netshield-autoupgrade(5177)	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5177	XF