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Race condition in McAfee Total Protection 2010 10.0.580 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack

Published Aug 25, 2012

Description

Race condition in McAfee Total Protection 2010 10.0.580 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 25, 2012
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Aug 25, 2012
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a