Vulnerability in Intel Mcafee Application Control (Mac)
CVE-2016-8009
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Intel Mcafee Application Control (Mac) — versions 7.0 and 6.x versions
- Mcafee Application_control — versions 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8009?
- CVE-2016-8009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Mcafee Application Control (Mac), classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-14.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8009?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-8009 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.