CVE-2009-5118: McAfee Virusscan Enterprise

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory, as demonstrated by scanning a document located on a remote share.

Affected products

• McAfee Virusscan Enterprise: up to and including 8.5i; version 8.0i only

Published 2012-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.