CVE-2016-8009

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and 6.x versions allows attackers to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via an unauthorized use of IOCTL call.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175	Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:7.0.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-03-14 22:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-8009

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8009

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8009

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

application_control

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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