CVE-2005-4505 describes an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability affecting McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i and Common Management Agent 3.5. A local attacker could exploit this by placing a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: drive, which would be executed with elevated privileges due to the legitimate naPrdMgr.exe attempting to run EntVUtil.EXE from an unquoted "Program Files" path. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:8.0i:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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