** HEAD'S UP ** McAfee Internet Security vulnerebality.

Greeting's

A new vulnerability has been found in Mcafee Internet Security which can lead to "Manipulation of data" and/or "Privilege escalation". Classified as "LESS CRITICAL" a patch is being by the McAfee through their update technology.

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The problem is caused due to insecure default file ACLs allowing non-administrative users to modify the installed files. This can be exploited to gain escalated privileges by e.g. replacing a program running as a system service with a malicious program.

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More can be found here : http://secunia.com/advisories/14989/

Original Advisory: http://www.idefense.com/applicat...?...ulnerabilities

There is no advisory by the manufacturer (McAfee)