CVE-2016-3983 describes a vulnerability in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) versions prior to 3.4.8.178, allowing remote attackers to bypass malware detection by manipulating information about the parent process. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to a high impact on integrity without requiring user interaction or privileges. While the vulnerability is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4.4.142CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.