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CVE-2010-5167

VendornormanProductsecurity suiteDiscoveredAug 25, 2012UpdatedApr 29, 2026

Race condition in Norman Security Suite PRO 8.0 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

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
0.30%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Aug 25, 2012
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 29, 2026