# CVE-2016-8012: Privilege escalation in Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe)

> Authenticated users can inject malicious DLLs into other processes, enabling privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution on Intel DLP Endpoint systems.

- **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-8p8m-62w6-3xj8

## What is CVE-2016-8012?

CVE-2016-8012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe), 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

Access control vulnerability in Intel Security Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) 9.4.200 and 9.3.600 allows authenticated users with Read-Write-Execute permissions to inject hook DLLs into other processes via pages in the target process memory get.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8012?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8012 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe)

- [CVE-2021-31848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31848/): Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - Cross site scripting (XSS) (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-31849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31849/): Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - SQL injection (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-31844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31844/): Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-23887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23887/): Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-3622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3622/): DLP Endpoint log file redirection to arbitrary locations (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8012 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe), 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-2016-8012 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe). 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-2016-8012/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8012/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8012
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8012
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8012

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