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GHSA-55VH-MG3P-5PP2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:55 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:58

Details

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.

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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CVE-2016-3984 (GCVE-0-2016-3984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-08 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txt	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-02-29 00:00

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