CVE-2016-8006

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 77% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: January 5, 2017 (3416 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

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' information including user passwords without supplying the current administrator password a second time via the GUI or GUI terminal commands.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

mcafee security information and event management

References

🔗 www.quantumleap.it 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 kc.mcafee.com 🔗 www.narthar.it 🔗 www.quantumleap.it