First published: Wed Aug 22 2012(Updated: )
F-Secure Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution. NOTE: the researcher indicates that a vendor response was received, stating that "the inability to catch these files are caused by lacking functionality rather than programming errors."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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The severity of CVE-2010-3499 is considered high due to the potential for remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2010-3499, users should update to the latest version of F-Secure Anti-Virus that addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2010-3499 can be exploited by malware that uses hcp:// URLs to execute arbitrary code.
Users of F-Secure Anti-Virus are primarily affected by CVE-2010-3499.
CVE-2010-3499 was disclosed in 2010.