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CVE-2016-8005

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.

  • Published: Mar 14, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-8005
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mcafee / email_gateway - 7.6.401.x