CVE-2016-8009

HIGH

Intel Security McAfee MAC <7.0-6.x - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and 6.x versions allows attackers to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via an unauthorized use of IOCTL call.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

mcafee/application_control

Timeline

Published Mar 14, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026