CVE-2016-8008

high
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows 10 in McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP) 3.11.376 allows attackers to load a replacement of the version.dll file via McAfee McUICnt.exe onto a Windows system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@intel.com — https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview?articleId=TS102593

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windowsnot-affected
windows windows-not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mcafeesecurity_scan_plus{"endIncluding":"3.11.376"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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