Medium severity · published Mar 14, 2017
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…
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EG
Email Gateway · Mcafee
through 7.6.401 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8005
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8005
Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10161
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