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TITLE:
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention Unspecified
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA52147

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/52147/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=52147

RELEASE DATE:
2013-02-12

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/52147/#comments

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 * Impact
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http://secunia.com/advisories/52147/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=52147

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VirusScan Enterprise and Host
Intrusion Prevention, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to potentially gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
shared component used by VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion
Prevention and can be exploited to gain escalated privileges.

Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected versions.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
McAfee:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10034

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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