CVE-2000-1128: McAfee Virusscan

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration of McAfee VirusScan 4.5 does not quote the ImagePath variable, which improperly sets the search path and allows local users to place a Trojan horse "common.exe" program in the C:\Program Files directory.

Affected products

• McAfee Virusscan: version 4.5 only

Published 2001-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.