CVE-2000-0502 (GCVE-0-2000-0502)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI?
Summary
Mcafee VirusScan 4.03 does not properly restrict access to the alert text file before it is sent to the Central Alert Server, which allows local users to modify alerts in an arbitrary fashion.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/6287 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1326 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public ?
2000-06-08 00:00
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