Race condition in ESET Smart Security 4.2.35.3 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T19:30:48.615Z
Reserved: 2012-08-25T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2010-5160
Updated: 2024-08-07T04:09:39.228Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-08-25T21:55:02.820
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-5160
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