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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8016

Information exposure in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows authenticated remote attackers to obtain the existence of unauthorized files on the system via a URL parameter.

EXPLOIT ✓LOW 3.4EPSS 4.56%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 4.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Information exposure in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows authenticated remote attackers to obtain the existence of unauthorized files on the system via a URL parameter.

CVSS 3.0
3.4 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
4.56% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 December 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
mcafee/virusscan enterprise
Source
secure@intel.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 4.56%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 4.6% 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.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-40911source ↗McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.2 < 2.0.2 - Remote Code Executionlinux · Andrew Fasanoremote13 December 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.