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 EICAR test file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0985 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 EICAR test file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:56:14.463Z

Reserved: 2006-03-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-0982

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-03-03T11:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-0982

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