CVE-2000-0502: McAfee Virusscan

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mcafee VirusScan 4.03 does not properly restrict access to the alert text file before it is sent to the Central Alert Server, which allows local users to modify alerts in an arbitrary fashion.

Affected products

• McAfee Virusscan: version 4.0.3 only

Published 2000-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.