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CVE-2005-4505 Details

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run by naPrdMgr.exe when it attempts to execute EntVUtil.EXE under an unquoted "Program Files" path.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html	CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/292	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015404	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23815	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420104/100/0/threaded	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16040	CVE	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3077	CVE
http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html	[email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/292	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015404	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23815	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420104/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16040	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3077	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mcafee common management agent	3.5 p5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5:p5:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mcafee virusscan enterprise	8.0i p11
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:p11:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]