THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8022
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8022

Virusscan Enterprise vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication cookie.
Affected vendor
Mcafee
Affected product
Virusscan Enterprise
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2017-03-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8022

  • Confirm whether Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8022.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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