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CVE-2000-0502

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0502 describes a vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan 4.03 where local users can modify alert text files before they are sent to the Central Alert Server, allowing for arbitrary alteration of alerts. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity due to its local attack vector and limited impact, primarily affecting data integrity (partial). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0038.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/4641
osvdb.org / 6287
securityfocus.com / bid/1326
Vendor Advisory