Vigil@nce - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise: bypassing of self-protection
April 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can bypass the self-protection of McAfee
VirusScan Enterprise, in order to elevate his privileges.
Impacted products: VirusScan.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 26/02/2016.
Revision date: 07/03/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The McAfee VirusScan Enterprise product has a self-protection
mechanism to forbid the local administrator from disabling the
service.
However, a local attacker can bypass this mechanism and stop the
antivirus.
A local attacker can therefore bypass the self-protection of
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, in order to elevate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/McAfee-VirusScan-Enterprise-bypassing-of-self-protection-19035