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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-8005 · published 14 March 2017

CVE-2016-8005: Mcafee email gateway permissions and access controls vulnerability

MMcafee · Email Gateway

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.72% · top 48.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.0
0.72%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10161 Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10161 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-8005), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.