[38461] in bugtraq
RE: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.18.05: McAfee Internet Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Boyce, Nick)
Wed Apr 20 13:48:39 2005
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From: "Boyce, Nick" <nick.boyce@eds.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org,
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:02:12 +0100
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Hmmm ...
[Section VI. Vendor Response]
"This issue affects an extremely small subset of the McAfee
Internet Security Suite 2005 user base as the vast majority
of home users do not use non-Administrator Windows accounts"
"McAfee's key priority is the security of our customers."
If McAfee believes the correct functioning of its product depends on the
first statement being true, then the second statement doesn't seem to quite
fit.
Nick Boyce
EDS, Bristol, UK