Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0502

Title: VirusScan 4.03 alert file writable before send allows alert modification

Integrity/Privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0502.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 08, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0502: 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.

Impacted Vendors

network_associates 1

mcafee 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0038.html http://www.osvdb.org/6287 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1326 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4641 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0038.html http://www.osvdb.org/6287 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1326 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4641

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0502 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 08, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.