McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 allows local users to disable the product by…
Priority LOW 13CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 allows local users to disable the product by leveraging administrative privileges to execute an unspecified Metasploit Framework module.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00282 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 8
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 8.7.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0i | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0i p11 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.5i | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.6.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7.00003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.7.00003 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7.00004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.7.00004 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.7i | Vulnerable | McAfee |
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.7.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0i Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0i p11 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.5i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5i Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.6.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7.00003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.7.00003 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7.00004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.7.00004 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.7i Vulnerable ·McAfee
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-5143
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mpm4-698h-6pgq
References
More McAfee Virusscan Enterprise vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-06740 Improper authentication in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-06738 Code injection in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0
- TI-2016-06742 HTTP response splitting in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2016-06741 Improper authentication in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2009-04865 Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-02073 Buffer overflow in the On-Access Scanner in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.0i Patch… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.9
Sources
- CVE-2010-5143 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-5143 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mpm4-698h-6pgq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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