CVE-2015-8986

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 59% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: March 14, 2017 (3348 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

Sandbox detection evasion vulnerability in hardware appliances in McAfee (now Intel Security) Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) 3.4.2.32 and earlier allows attackers to detect the sandbox environment, then bypass proper malware detection resulting in failure to detect a malware file (false-negative) via specially crafted malware.

CWE

CWE-254

Affected Products

mcafee advanced threat defense

References

🔗 kc.mcafee.com 🔗 kc.mcafee.com