Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2015-8986
CVE-2015-8986
Description
Sandbox detection evasion vulnerability in hardware appliances in McAfee (now Intel Security) Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) 3.4.2.32 and earlier allows attackers to detect the sandbox environment, then bypass proper malware detection resulting in failure to detect a malware file (false-negative) via specially crafted malware.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:advanced_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=3.4.2.32
- Intel/Advanced Threat Defense (MATD)v5Range: 3.4.2.32 and earlier
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
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