01 Record
CVE-2006-4886
The VirusScan On-Access Scan component in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 and Scan Engine 4.4.00 allows local privileged users to bypass security restrictions and disable the On-Access Scan option
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The VirusScan On-Access Scan component in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 and Scan Engine 4.4.00 allows local privileged users to bypass security restrictions and disable the On-Access Scan option
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-09-19 21:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 513153f5891a656caae540bf24019ed58ee33891aeb0e21c0cbdce51ba23611f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securityreason.com1605http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1605
- www.securityfocus.com20060915 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - disabling the client side "On-Access Scan"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446220/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commcafee-virusscan-onaccess-security-bypass(28971)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28971