CVE-2016-3984

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Published 2016-04-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

5.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

51%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39531 local windows

Maurizio Agazzini · 2016-03-07

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 - Security Restrictions Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mcafee	active_response	`{"endIncluding":"1.1.0.158"}`
mcafee	agent	`{"endIncluding":"5.0.2.285"}`
mcafee	data_exchange_layer	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.0.430.1"}`
mcafee	data_loss_prevention_endpoint	`{"endIncluding":"9.3.0"}`
mcafee	endpoint_security	`{"endIncluding":"10.0.1"}`
mcafee	host_intrusion_prevention	`{"endIncluding":"8.0.0"}`
mcafee	virusscan_enterprise	`{"endIncluding":"8.8.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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