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CVE-2016-8005

N/A
Published: March 14, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEmail Gateway

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

Affected

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

Email Gateway· McAfee
95%
v ≤ 7.6.401v < 7.6.404h1128596
Affected range stops below 7.6.404h1128596, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10161

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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