FKIE_CVE-2016-8009

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-14 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secure@intel.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee application_control 6.0.0
mcafee application_control 6.1.0
mcafee application_control 6.1.1
mcafee application_control 6.1.2
mcafee application_control 6.1.3
mcafee application_control 6.2.0
mcafee application_control 7.0.0
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