CVE-2000-0650 (GCVE-0-2000-0650)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-05-07 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1458 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/1458 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.osvdb.org/4200 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1… mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
Date Public
2000-07-11 00:00
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