{"id":"CVE-2007-1538","aliases":["EUVD-2007-1532","GHSA-8hqh-p9h5-r8wj"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED **  McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows...","description":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01992,"percentile":0.80808,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2007-03-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:37:47Z","products":[{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"virusscan_enterprise"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/33800","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463187/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://homepage.mac.com/adonismac/Advisory/crack_mcafee_password_protection.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://homepage.mac.com/adonismac/Advisory/bypass_mcafee_entreprise_password.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463074/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463091/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017791","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1538"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hqh-p9h5-r8wj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-1538","description":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product","status":"disputed","published":"2007-03-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:59:08.463Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:33:41.472948Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-1532","description":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product","status":"published","published":"2007-03-20T22:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T12:59:08Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:38:25.361818Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8hqh-p9h5-r8wj","title":"** DISPUTED **  McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows...","description":"** DISPUTED **  McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T17:54:39Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:03:20Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:26.919818Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-1538","description":"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0.i uses insecure permissions for certain Windows Registry keys, which allows local users to bypass local password protection via the UIP value in (1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection or (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Network Associates\\TVD\\VirusScan Entreprise\\CurrentVersion.  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third-party researchers, stating that the default permissions for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE does not allow for write access and the product does not modify the inherited permissions. There might be an interaction error with another product","status":"disputed","published":"2007-03-20T22:19:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:37:47.25Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:13.98711Z"}]}}