Race condition vulnerability in ESET Smart Security 4.2.35.3 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers

CVE-2010-5160 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Race condition in ESET Smart Security 4.2.35.3 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

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