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CVE-2015-8990

high
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Detection bypass vulnerability in Intel Security Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 3.4.6 and earlier allows malware samples to bypass ATD detection via renaming the malware.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mcafeeadvanced_threat_defense{"endIncluding":"3.4.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.