CVE-2016-3984 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3984?

CVE-2016-3984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The McAfee VirusScan Console (mcconsol.exe) in McAfee Active Response (MAR) before 1.1.0.161, Agent (MA) 5.x before 5.0.2 Hotfix 1110392 (5.0.2.333), Data Exchange Layer 2.x (DXL) before 2.0.1.140.1, Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Device Control (MDC) 9.3 before Patch 6 and 9.4 before Patch 1 HF3, Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.x before 10.1, Host Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) 8.0 before 8.0.0.3624, and VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.8 before P7 (8.8.0.1528) on Windows allows local administrators to bypass intended self-protection rules and disable the antivirus engine by modifying registry keys.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3984?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Mcafee Active Response, Mcafee Agent, Mcafee Data Exchange Layer, Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint, Mcafee Endpoint Security, Mcafee Host Intrusion Prevention and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3984?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3984 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-7289 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MAR for Windows High 7.8
• CVE-2020-7290 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MAR for Linux High 7.8
• CVE-2020-7291 Privilege Escalation vulnerability MAR for Mac High 7.8
• CVE-2019-3644 MWG scanners updated to address CVE-2019-9517 High 7.5
• CVE-2020-7326 McAfee MAR - Improperly implemented security check Medium 6.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-55vh-mg3p-5pp2.