CVE-2016-8007 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions.

Published: 2017-03-14

Score: 6.3 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

Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.0 Patch 7 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-8855	Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00107.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93813
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10173

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention Services

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.593Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-8007

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-14T22:59:00.667

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

Link: CVE-2016-8007

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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