CVE-2007-1538
mcafee virusscan enterprise: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
- EPSS
- 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mcafee:virusscan_enterprise
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