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CVE-2016-8019

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8019 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) versions 2.0.3 and earlier. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through crafted user input, potentially leading to client-side code execution and limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no active exploitation or public exploit code specifically for this XSS is noted, a related RCE exploit for older VSEL versions exists on ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40911 · Dec 13, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0401 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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
exploit-db.com / exploits/40911
securityfocus.com / bid/94823
securitytracker.com / id/1037433