CVE-2005-4505

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run by naPrdMgr.exe when it attempts to execute EntVUtil.EXE under an unquoted "Program Files" path.

Affected products

McAfee Common Management Agent: 3.5-p5
Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL): 8.0i-p11

References

http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/292
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015404
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420104/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16040
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3077
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23815
http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/292
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015404
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420104/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16040

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