CVE-2010-3499

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

F-Secure Anti-Virus 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. NOTE: the researcher indicates that a vendor response was received, stating that "the inability to catch these files are caused by lacking functionality rather than programming errors."

Affected products

F-Secure Anti-Virus: all versions

References

http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356
http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356

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