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CVE-2016-3984

The McAfee VirusScan Console (mcconsol.exe) in McAfee Active Response (MAR) before 1.1.0.161, Agent (MA) 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 (5.0.2.333), Data Exchange Layer 2.x (DXL) before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control (MDC) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x before 10.1, Host Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) 8.0 before 8.0.0.3624, and VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 before P7 (8.8.0.1528) on Windows allows local administrators to bypass intended self-protection rules and disable the antivirus engine by modifying registry keys.

Published

2016-04-08T15:59:10.107

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-284
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee active_response ≤ 1.1.0.158 Yes
Application mcafee agent ≤ 5.0.2.285 Yes
Application mcafee data_exchange_layer ≤ 2.0.0.430.1 Yes
Application mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint ≤ 9.3.0 Yes
Application mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint ≤ 9.4.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security ≤ 10.0.1 Yes
Application mcafee host_intrusion_prevention ≤ 8.0.0 Yes
Application mcafee virusscan_enterprise ≤ 8.8.0 Yes
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