CVE-2016-8005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

Published: 2017-03-14

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Intel

McAfee Email Gateway (MEG)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 7.6.404h1128596`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8853	File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00219.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10161

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Email Gateway

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2017-03-14T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.613Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8005

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-14T22:59:00.633

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8005

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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