PT-2016-3180 · Mcafee · Mcafee Application Control

Maksim Kozhevnikov · Published 2016-09-02 · Updated 2017-03-27 · CVE-2016-8009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Application Control versions 6.x through 7.0

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in McAfee Application Control, allowing local attackers to potentially escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or execute unauthorized code using an IOCTL call.

Recommendations For versions 6.x through 7.0, update to a version that includes a fix for the privilege escalation vulnerability. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02209

CVE-2016-8009

Affected Products

Mcafee Application Control

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02209 · Security Note
• https://mcafee.com/ru/index.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8009 · Note
• http://securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2016-36 · Note