CVE-2007-2152
Buffer overflow in the On-Access Scanner in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.0i Patch 12 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename containing multi-byte (Unicode) characters.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the On-Access Scanner in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.0i Patch 12 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename containing multi-byte (Unicode) characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.9 HIGHAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.60% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mcafee/virusscan enterprise
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=515Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24914Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/324929US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23543
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017928Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33732
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=612750&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKCPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=515Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24914Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/324929US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23543
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017928Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33732
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=612750&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKCPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.