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CVE-2015-8986

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

Sandbox detection evasion vulnerability in hardware appliances in McAfee (now Intel Security) Advanced Threat Defense (MATD) 3.4.2.32 and earlier allows attackers to detect the sandbox environment, then bypass proper malware detection resulting in failure to detect a malware file (false-negative) via specially crafted malware.

Affected products

• McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD): through 3.4.2.32

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10096
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10096

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