Malware Protection Flaw in McAfee Virex for Macintosh
CVE-2006-0982

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee
Status
Virex
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2006

What is CVE-2006-0982?

The on-access scanning mechanism of McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh fails to activate in specific scenarios when users access harmful content via their web browser. This flaw allows remote attackers to exploit the situation, successfully bypassing the virus protection measures that users rely on. As demonstrated using the EICAR test file, the limited activation of the scanner can expose systems to potentially dangerous threats.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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