Race condition in PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.88 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-08-25T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:46:09.184Z

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

Link: CVE-2010-5173

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-25T21:55:03.447

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:22:38.727

Link: CVE-2010-5173

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