Is CVE-2010-3496 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3496 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3496?

CVE-2010-3496 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-3496

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i and 8.7i 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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 4.4% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3492)
Published: August 22, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3492 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mcafee / virusscan enterprise
mcafee / virusscan enterprise

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator v3.6 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0047-2007 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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