CVE-2016-3984

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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 64th percentile

Published

2016-04-08

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-3978
• CVE-2016-3986
• CVE-2016-3976
• CVE-2016-3987
• CVE-2016-3975
• CVE-2016-3989