atches Resolve McAfee Application Control and Endpoint Security Vulnerabilities

A vulnerability in McAfee Application Control (MAC) and Endpoint Security (ENS) has been discovered and resolved.

AFFECTED PRODUCT VERSIONS

• MAC 7.0.0 and earlier
• ENS 10.2 and earlier

PROTECTED VERSIONS

• 6.2.0 Build 567 or later
• 7.0.1 Build 275 or later
• ENS 10.x with AMCore Trust DAT version 300.0 or later

IMPACT
CVE-2016-8010
An application protection bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application Control (MAC) 7.0 (and earlier) allows local users to bypass local security protection via a command-line utility.

RECOMMENDATION
Intel Security recommends that all customers verify that they have applied the latest updates. Impacted users should install the relevant patches or hotfixes. For full instructions and information, see Knowledge Base article SB10179, Intel Security - Security Bulletin: Endpoint Security and Application Control updates fix an application protection bypass flaw (CVE-2016-8010)  (https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10179