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CVE-2000-0650
The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- nai-virusscan-netshield-autoupgrade(5177) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1458 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 4200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20000711 Potential Vulnerability in McAfee Netshield and VirusScan 4.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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