CVE-2016-8008 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP) 3.11.376 on Windows 7 and Windows 10. An attacker can exploit this by replacing the version.dll file via McAfee McUICnt.exe, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it requires local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.11.376CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.