CVE-2005-4505

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.99% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run by naPrdMgr.exe when it attempts to execute EntVUtil.EXE under an unquoted "Program Files" path.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-428USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-26970McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - Path Specification Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mcafee common management agent= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee virusscan enterprise= 8.0invdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-12-23modified 2026-06-16

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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