CVE-2016-8005

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 56% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: March 14, 2017 (3348 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

mcafee email gateway

References

🔗 kc.mcafee.com 🔗 kc.mcafee.com