CVE-2015-8986 describes a sandbox detection evasion vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) 3.4.2.32 and earlier. This flaw allows specially crafted malware to detect the sandbox environment, thereby bypassing proper detection and resulting in a false-negative. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact on integrity (I:H) by allowing malware to execute undetected. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4.2.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.