CVE-2016-3984

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Publication date:

08/04/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

3.60

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_response::::::::		1.1.0.158 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent::::::::		5.0.2.285 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_exchange_layer::::::::		2.0.0.430.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint::p5::::::*		9.3.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint::p1_hf2::::::*		9.4.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security::::::::		10.0.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention::p6::::::*		8.0.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise::p6::::::*		8.8.0 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-3984

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools