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CVE-2010-3496 Details

Description

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.

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)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10012	CVE
http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356	CVE
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10012	[email protected]
http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mcafee virusscan enterprise	8.5i 8.7i
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.5i:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.7i:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 22, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]