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CVE-2015-8986 Details

Description

Sandbox detection evasion vulnerability in hardware appliances in McAfee (now Intel Security) Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) 3.4.2.32 and earlier allows attackers to detect the sandbox environment, then bypass proper malware detection resulting in failure to detect a malware file (false-negative) via specially crafted malware.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10096 CVEMitigationVendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10096 [email protected]MitigationVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-2547PK - Security Features[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mcafee advanced threat defense
<= 3.4.2.32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8986
NVD Published Date:
Mar 14, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-8986 Details - Not Deferred