CVE-2016-8023

high Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
11.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 14, 2017 (3348 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

Authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass server authentication via a crafted authentication cookie.

CWE

CWE-287

Affected Products

mcafee virusscan enterprise

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 kc.mcafee.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com