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CVE-2016-3984

N/A

Published: April 8, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC

7 products affected across 1 vendorEndpoint SecurityAgentVirusScan Enterprise

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Active Response · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 1.1.0.158

Agent · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 5.0.2.285

Data Exchange Layer · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 2.0.0.430.1

Data Loss Prevention Endpoint · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 9.3.0v ≤ 9.4.0p1_hf2p5

Endpoint Security · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 10.0.1

Host Intrusion Prevention · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 8.0.0p6

VirusScan Enterprise · McAfee

95%

v ≤ 8.8.0p6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2016-01-mcafee.txt

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/13

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035130

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39531/

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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