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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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00029}

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{'score': 0.00037}


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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:30:48.615Z

Reserved: 2012-08-25T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-5160

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:09:39.228Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-25T21:55:02.820

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-5160

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