CVE-2006-0982: McAfee Virex

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The on-access scanner for McAfee Virex 7.7 for Macintosh, in some circumstances, might not activate when malicious content is accessed from the web browser, and might not prevent the content from being saved, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus protection, as demonstrated using the EICAR test file.

Affected products

• McAfee Virex: version 7.7 only

Published 2006-03-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.