CVE-2000-0650: Network Associates Netshield

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

The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse.

Affected products

• Network Associates Netshield: version 4.5 only
• Network Associates Virusscan: version 4.5 only

Published 2000-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.