4.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-8006
Intel Security McAfee SIEM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM) in Intel Security McAfee Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 9.6.0 MR3 allows an administrator to make changes to other SIEM users' information including user passwords without supplying the current administrator password a second time via the GUI or GUI terminal commands.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 5, 2017, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 18, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8006 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 security_information_and_event_management
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8006 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.narthar.it/DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95313 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.quantumleap.it/mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 06, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_information_and_event_management:9.6.0:mr3:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.20742

percentile

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