CVE-2015-8577

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.

Published: Dec 16, 2015
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2015-8577
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 2.6
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-264

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
mcafee / virusscan_enterprise	-	8.8.0.x

http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2015-8577

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