CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Windows.
CVE
CVE-2010-5181
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.31%
Windows
Original NVD Description
Race condition in VIPRE Antivirus Premium 4.0.3272 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