CVE-2006-0982 - The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file

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The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file

Published Mar 3, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.44%

Description

The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426348/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

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Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 3, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 3, 2006

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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