Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to…

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run by naPrdMgr.exe when it attempts to execute EntVUtil.EXE under an unquoted "Program Files" path.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20051222 Privilege escalation in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• mcafee-naprdmgr-privilege-escalation(23815) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2005-3077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1015404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 16040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2005-4505](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2005-4505.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-4505)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:46 UTC.