{"id":"CVE-2016-8006","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8006","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:31.219Z","title":"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'…","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.","published":"2017-01-05T22:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:53:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@intel.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["mcafee/security information and event management"],"epss":{"score":0.00321,"percentile":0.24923,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.quantumleap.it/mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability/","source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95313","source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://www.narthar.it/DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html","source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"http://www.quantumleap.it/mcafee-siem-esm-esmrec-authentication-bypass-vulnerability/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95313","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB87744","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.narthar.it/DOC/McAfee_SIEM_9.6_Authentication_bypass_vulnerability.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8006","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}