CVE-2016-4534

low

Published 2016-05-05 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

3.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.0

Description

The McAfee VirusScan Console (mcconsol.exe) in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0 before Hotfix 1123565 (8.8.0.1546) on Windows allows local administrators to bypass intended self-protection rules and unlock the console window by closing registry handles.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

31%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39531 local windows

Maurizio Agazzini · 2016-03-07

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 - Security Restrictions Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mcafee	virusscan_enterprise	`8.8.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.