CVE-2016-8006
Authentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM) in Intel Security McAfee Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 9.6.0 MR3 allows an administrator to make changes to other SIEM users'…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Authentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and License Manager (LM) in Intel Security McAfee Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 9.6.0 MR3 allows an administrator to make changes to other SIEM users' information including user passwords without supplying the current administrator password a second time via the GUI or GUI terminal commands.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- mcafee/security information and event management
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS 0.3% 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
- http://www.quantumleap.it/mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95313
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744Vendor Advisory
- https://www.narthar.it/DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html
- http://www.quantumleap.it/mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95313
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744Vendor Advisory
- https://www.narthar.it/DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.