CVE-2016-8009 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) versions 7.0 and 6.x, allowing attackers to trigger denial of service, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution through an unauthorized IOCTL call. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.