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CVE-2016-8006

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8006 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee SIEM 9.6.0 MR3's Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM). This flaw allows an authenticated administrator to modify other SIEM users' details, including passwords, without re-authenticating. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_information_and_event_management:*:mr3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
Vendor Advisory
narthar.it / DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html
quantumleap.it / mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability
securityfocus.com / bid/95313