Virusscan vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Virusscan is made by Mcafee. We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 10 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Mcafee lists newer releases under their own names, such as Virusscan Enterprise, so check those pages too.
We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Virusscan listed under other names? Yes.
Mcafee also lists Virusscan under more specific names, such as Virusscan Enterprise and Virusscan Commandline. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Virusscan vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Virusscan's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Virusscan flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 34%CVE-2006-3961Medium
Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service,...
- 9.7%CVE-2007-2584Critical
Buffer overflow in the IsOldAppInstalled function in the McSubMgr.McSubMgr Subscription Manager ActiveX control (MCSUBMGR.DLL) in McAfee SecurityCenter before 6.0.25 and 7.x before 7.2.147 allows remote attackers to...
- 1.8%CVE-2006-5417Medium
McAfee Network Agent (mcnasvc.exe) 1.0.178.0, as used by multiple McAfee products possibly including Internet Security Suite, Personal Firewall Plus, and VirusScan, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
- 1.2%CVE-2000-0119High
The default configurations for McAfee Virus Scan and Norton Anti-Virus virus checkers do not check files in the RECYCLED folder that is used by the Windows Recycle Bin utility, which allows attackers to store...
- 0.5%CVE-2000-1128Medium
The default configuration of McAfee VirusScan 4.5 does not quote the ImagePath variable, which improperly sets the search path and allows local users to place a Trojan horse "common.exe" program in the C:\Program...
- 0.4%CVE-2006-6474Medium
Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO...
- 0.4%
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.
- 0.4%CVE-2004-0831High
McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1 does not drop SYSTEM privileges before allowing users to browse for files via the "System Scan" properties of the System Tray applet, which could allow local users to gain privileges.
- 0.4%
Unknown vulnerability in the Buffer Overflow Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unstable operation) via a long string in the (1) "Process name", (2)...
- 0.3%CVE-2002-2282Medium
McAfee VirusScan 4.5.1, when the WebScanX.exe module is enabled, searches for particular DLLs from the user's home directory, even when browsing the local hard drive, which allows local users to run arbitrary code...
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Buffer overflow in McSubMgr ActiveX control (mcsubmgr.dll) in McAfee Security Center 6.0.23 for Internet Security Suite 2006, Wireless Home Network Security, Personal Firewall Plus, VirusScan, Privacy Service, SpamKiller, AntiSpyware, and QuickClean allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long string parameters, which are later used in vsprintf.
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We track 10 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Virusscan, across 10 versions.
None of Virusscan's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Mcafee also lists Virusscan under more specific names, such as Virusscan Enterprise and Virusscan Commandline. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Virusscan. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.