Description
Race condition in F-Secure Internet Security 2010 10.00 build 246 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
Published: 2012-08-25
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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F-secure F-secure Internet Security 2010
Microsoft Windows Xp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:43:22.170Z

Reserved: 2012-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-5161

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-25T21:55:02.867

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

Link: CVE-2010-5161

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