CVE-2005-4505
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.99%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - Path Specification Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26970local, windowspublished 22 Dec 2005Verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051222 Privilege escalation in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mcafee-naprdmgr-privilege-escalation(23815) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 16040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4500 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-4505)Record last updated .