CVE-2016-8006

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

05/01/2017

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM) in Intel Security McAfee Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 9.6.0 MR3 allows an administrator to make changes to other SIEM users&#39; information including user passwords without supplying the current administrator password a second time via the GUI or GUI terminal commands.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x

4.40

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 1.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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