CVE-2010-5166

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 82% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 25, 2012 (5010 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in McAfee Total Protection 2010 10.0.580 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute

CWE

CWE-362

Affected Products

mcafee total protection 2010

References