CVE-2016-8005
File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 54th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- mcafee/email gateway
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS 0.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.