Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-2282

RCE

Title: McAfee VirusScan WebScanX.exe searches home directory for DLLs

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-2282.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-2282: 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 via malicious versions of those DLLs.

Impacted Vendors

network_associates 1

mcafee 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6288 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10741 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6288 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10741

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-2282 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.

December 31, 2002 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.