CVE-2015-8577
The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2015-12-16
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Affected products
References
- http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
- http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142
