CVE-2016-8006

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8006
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-05 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-18 02:59:00 UTC
DescriptionAuthentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM) in Intel Security McAfee Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 9.6.0 MR3 allows an administrator to make changes to other SIEM users' information including user passwords without supplying the current administrator password a second time via the GUI or GUI terminal commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Security Information And Event Management All mr3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee Corporate KB - SIEM 9.6.0 MR3 update addresses authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2016-8006) KB87744 CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Vendor Advisory
McAfee SIEM 9.6 Authentication bypass vulnerability MISC www.narthar.it
Multiple McAfee Products CVE-2016-8006 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
McAfee SIEM ESM and ESMREC Authentication Bypass vulnerability - Quantum leap MISC www.quantumleap.it
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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