CVE-2002-2282

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

McAfee Virusscan: 4.5.1

References

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

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