What is CVE-2016-8005?

CVE-2016-8005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Mcafee Email Gateway (Meg), classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2016-8005?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Mcafee Email Gateway (Meg)

CVE-2016-8005

File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Intel Mcafee Email Gateway (Meg) — versions before 7.6.404h1128596
Mcafee Email_gateway

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8005?: CVE-2016-8005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Mcafee Email Gateway (Meg), classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-8005?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.