CVE-2016-3984

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3984
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-08 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-05-18 21:28:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Active Response All All All All
Application Mcafee Agent All All All All
Application Mcafee Data Exchange Layer All All All All
Application Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint All p5 All All
Application Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint All p1_hf2 All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention All p6 All All
Application Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise All p6 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Access Control Flaw Lets Local Users Bypass Self-Protection Security Restrictions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txt MISC lab.mediaservice.net Exploit
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 - Security Restrictions Bypass - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Full Disclosure: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise security restrictions bypass FULLDISC seclists.org
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: Protected resource access bypass vulnerability resolved in multiple McAfee endpoint products for Microsoft Windows CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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