CVE-2016-4534

lowpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.27% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 3 · low

Is it mine?

3 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 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.

cvss

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

3.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.7 · impact 4.9

v3.03lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.5 · impact 2.5

v3.02.8lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
mcafee virusscan enterprise= 8.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windowsall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2016-05-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (21)

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