CVE-2016-3984

lowpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.08% (65th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.6–5.1

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 4.2

v3.04.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-39531McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 - Security Restrictions BypassPoC · exploit_db

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mcafee active response≤ 1.1.0.158nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:active_response:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee agent≤ 5.0.2.285nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee data exchange layer≤ 2.0.0.430.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_exchange_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee data loss prevention endpoint≤ 9.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee data loss prevention endpoint≤ 9.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee endpoint security≤ 10.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee host intrusion prevention≤ 8.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:host_intrusion_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee virusscan enterprise≤ 8.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-04-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

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