CVE-2016-4534

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

05/05/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The McAfee VirusScan Console (mcconsol.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 before Hotfix 1123565 (8.8.0.1546) on Windows allows local administrators to bypass intended self-protection rules and unlock the console window by closing registry handles.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 3.00 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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

Base Score 3.x

3.00

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 3.00 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

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