High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-8008

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows 10 in McAfee Security Scan Plus (SSP) 3.11.376 allows attackers to load a replacement of the version.dll file via McAfee McUICnt.exe onto a Windows system.

Affected products

McAfee/Security Scan Plus
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.11.376
Intel/Security Scan Plus (SSP)v5
Range: 3.11.376

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleviewnvdVendor Advisory

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