# CVE-2016-8009: Privilege escalation in McAfee Application Control (MAC)

> Attackers can escalate privileges and execute unauthorized code via an IOCTL call in McAfee Application Control.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gqq-rvvg-79fr

## What is CVE-2016-8009?

CVE-2016-8009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC), published on 14 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and 6.x versions allows attackers to cause DoS, unexpected behavior, or potentially unauthorized code execution via an unauthorized use of IOCTL call.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8009?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Application Control.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC)

- [CVE-2016-8010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8010/): Security feature bypass in McAfee Application Control (MAC) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-1715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1715/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2014-9920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9920/): Security feature bypass in McAfee Application Control (MAC) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2013-7460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7460/): Security feature bypass in Application Control (MAC) (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2013-7461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7461/): Security feature bypass in Change Control (MCC) (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8009 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC), published on 14 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8009/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8009/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8009
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8009
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8009

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