6.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-8007
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) Registry Key Manipulation Authentication Bypass
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2017, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 23, 2017, 5:14 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-8007 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8007 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 host_intrusion_prevention_services
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-8007.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93813 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10173 Mitigation Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Ruby

Updated: 4 years, 7 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2019, 7:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-8007 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8007 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Mar. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10173 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10173 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93813 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention_services:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93813 [No Types Assigned]
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.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.10264

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