CVE-2016-8031: McAfee Anti-Malware Scan Engine

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Software Integrity Attacks vulnerability in Intel Security Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 5200 through 5800 allows local users to bypass local security protection via a crafted input file.

Affected products

• McAfee Anti-Malware Scan Engine: version 5200 only; version 5300 only; version 5400 only; version 5500 only; version 5600 only; version 5700 only; …

Published 2017-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.