VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-8007

medium
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
3.0
VIR risk
6.3

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@intel.com — https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10173

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mcafeehost_intrusion_prevention_services{"endIncluding":"8.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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