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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8025

SQL injection vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows remote authenticated users to obtain product information via a crafted HTTP request parameter.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 6.55%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows remote authenticated users to obtain product information via a crafted HTTP request parameter.

CVSS 3.0
6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS
6.55% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 December 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
mcafee/virusscan enterprise
Source
secure@intel.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 6.55%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 6.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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.