CVE-2016-8030 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability in Scriptscan COM Object in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to create a Denial of Service on the active Internet Explorer tab via a crafted HTML link.

Published: 2017-04-25

Score: 4.3 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

McAfee

VirusScan Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.8 Patch 8 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:patch8:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-8878	A memory corruption vulnerability in Scriptscan COM Object in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to create a Denial of Service on the active Internet Explorer tab via a crafted HTML link.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98041
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10194

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2017-04-25T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.817Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-8030

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-25T16:59:00.197

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

Link: CVE-2016-8030

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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