CVE-2007-2152

Severity: high (CVSS 7.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the On-Access Scanner in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.0i Patch 12 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename containing multi-byte (Unicode) characters.

Affected products

Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL): through 8.0i

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=515
http://secunia.com/advisories/24914
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/324929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23543
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017928
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1435
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33732
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=612750&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=515
http://secunia.com/advisories/24914
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/324929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23543

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