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CVE-2006-0982

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

Affected products

• McAfee Virex: 7.7

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded

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