CVE-2016-8010
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7...
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and earlier and Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.2 and earlier allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and earlier and Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.2 and earlier allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.
- Record
CVE-2016-8010- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and earlier and Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.2 and earlier allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.
- Record
CVE-2016-8010- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8858 No score
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and earlier and Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.2 and earlier allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8858- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pq6q-wr9f-vgj5
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7...
Application protections bypass vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 and earlier and Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.2 and earlier allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.
- Record
GHSA-pq6q-wr9f-vgj5- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8010 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Intel Mcafee Application Control (mac), published March 14, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.