FKIE_CVE-2016-3984

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-08 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:46
Severity
5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130
cve@mitre.orghttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee active_response *
mcafee agent *
mcafee data_exchange_layer *
mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint *
mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint *
mcafee endpoint_security *
mcafee host_intrusion_prevention *
mcafee virusscan_enterprise *
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