CVE-2010-3496

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.

Affected products

Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL): 8.5i, 8.7i

References

http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10012
http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10012

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