CVE-2016-8017
Special element injection vulnerability in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows authenticated…
- Published
- Updated
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- intel
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40911 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By intel
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.
Weakness
- Special element injection vulnerability
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel · VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL)
- affected 2.0.3 (and earlier)
References (4)
- 94823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10181 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40911 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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