CVE-2009-5118

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise <8.7i - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory, as demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78448

Scores

EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 69.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
mcafee/virusscan_enterprise 8.0i (2 CPE variants)
mcafee/virusscan_enterprise < 8.5i
Published Aug 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026