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McAfee Agent: CVE-2016-3984: Protected resource access bypass vulnerability resolved in multiple products for microsoft windows (SB10151)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2016-3984: Protected resource access bypass vulnerability resolved in multiple products for microsoft windows (SB10151)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2016
Created
08/12/2020
Added
08/11/2020
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

The McAfee VirusScan Console (mcconsol.exe) in McAfee Active Response (MAR) before 1.1.0.161, Agent (MA) 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 (5.0.2.333), Data Exchange Layer 2.x (DXL) before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control (MDC) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x before 10.1, Host Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) 8.0 before 8.0.0.3624, and VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 before P7 (8.8.0.1528) on Windows allows local administrators to bypass intended self-protection rules and disable the antivirus engine by modifying registry keys.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-0-2-333
  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-0-3-272

References

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