CVE-2006-0982

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 EICA...

CVE-2006-0982

The CVE refers to McAfee Virex 7.7 on Macintosh where the on‑access scanner may fail to activate in some cases when malicious content is accessed from a web browser, potentially allowing the content to be saved and bypassing virus protection. The vulnerability is described as a bypass of protecti...

CVE-2006-0982

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 EICA...

Virex on-access scanning unreliable

Vulnerability: The on-access scanner of McAfee Virex 7.7 for Mac is unreliable and fails the EICAR test. Using any webbrowser to download the EICAR testvirus from http://www.eicar.org/antivirustestfile.htm will not trigger the Virex on-access scanner and will not be noticed in most cases. If Vire...