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.

CVSS v3.0 5.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

5.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

3.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130
http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txt	Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/	Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_response::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint::p1_hf2::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_exchange_layer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention::p6::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise::p6::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint::p5::::::*

Information

Published : 2016-04-08 08:59

Updated : 2016-05-18 14:28

NVD link : CVE-2016-3984

Mitre link : CVE-2016-3984

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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Products Affected

mcafee

endpoint_security
active_response
data_exchange_layer
agent
virusscan_enterprise
host_intrusion_prevention
data_loss_prevention_endpoint

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