CVE-2006-0982 (GCVE-0-2006-0982)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-03 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:56
VLAI
Summary
The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2006-02-28 00:00
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