cve-2015-8577
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-12-16 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:20
Severity ?
Summary
The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
cve@mitre.orghttp://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810
cve@mitre.orghttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142Vendor Advisory
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