{"cve":"CVE-2007-1538","nvd":{"published":"2007-03-20T22:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:37:47.250","status":"Modified","description":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://homepage.mac.com/adonismac/Advisory/bypass_mcafee_entreprise_password.html","http://homepage.mac.com/adonismac/Advisory/crack_mcafee_password_protection.html","http://www.osvdb.org/33800","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463074/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463091/100/0/threaded"],"products":["mcafee:virusscan_enterprise"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:44:49.019236172+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-1538","score":0.01992,"percentile":0.80677,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}