CVE-2009-5118 — Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory, as demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory, as demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share

Published Aug 22, 2012

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.62%

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory, as demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.62% 0.01615

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01615

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.62% (0.01615)	75.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.62% (0.01615)	72.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.70% (0.00705)	70.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	31.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00068)	27.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78448
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10013
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78448		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10013		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 22, 2012

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2012

Link CVE-2009-5118

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-5118

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-5118