Medium severity4.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8017

Description

Special element injection vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows authenticated remote attackers to read files on the webserver via a crafted user input.

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Affected products

McAfee/Virusscan Enterprise
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
Range: <=2.0.3
Intel/VirusScan Enterprise Linuxllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.0.3
McAfee/VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)llm-fuzzy
Range: <=2.0.3
Intel/VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)v5
Range: 2.0.3 (and earlier)

Patches

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References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94823nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037433nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40911/nvd

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