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CVE-2016-3984 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txt CVEExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13 CVE
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151 CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/ CVEExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3984
NVD Published Date:
Apr 8, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-3984 Details - Not Deferred