# CVE-2016-8026: Privilege escalation in McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP)

> Authenticated users can gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary commands in McAfee Security Scan Plus.

- **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-7754-h946-w8f3

## What is CVE-2016-8026?

CVE-2016-8026 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP), 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

Arbitrary command execution vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP) 3.11.469 and earlier allows authenticated users to gain elevated privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8026?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Security Scan Plus.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8026 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP)

- [CVE-2016-8008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8008/): Privilege escalation in Security Scan Plus (SSP) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-37025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-37025/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8026 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8026 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP), 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-2016-8026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP). 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-2016-8026/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8026/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8026
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8026
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8026

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8026/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.