7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-3983
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) parent process information disclosure bypass vulnerability
Description

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) before 3.4.8.178 might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging information about the parent process.

INFO

Published Date :

April 8, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2016, 5:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-3983 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee advanced_threat_defense
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10149 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-3983 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:3.4.4.142:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10149 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10149 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-345
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.04%

score

0.55609

percentile

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