Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-2199 is a CSRF issue in McAfee Vulnerability Manager Enterprise Manager before 7.5.10. If an administrator is already authenticated, a remote attacker could cause admin-level requests with unspecified impact. The public record does not provide CVSS, detailed impact, or attack vectors.
Executive priority
Treat this as a legacy product risk requiring inventory confirmation. It is not KEV-listed and has incomplete public detail, but administrator CSRF in a vulnerability management platform can affect security operations if an old instance remains in use.
Technical view
The CVE describes multiple CSRF vulnerabilities in the Organizations and Remediation management page of MVM Enterprise Manager before 7.5.10. The weakness allows hijacking administrator authentication for requests of unspecified impact. No CWE, CVSS vector, proof of exploitation, or detailed fixed-version advisory content is available in the supplied bundle.
Likely exposure
Organizations may be exposed if they still run McAfee Vulnerability Manager Enterprise Manager before 7.5.10, especially where administrative sessions are reachable by users who browse email or untrusted web content while authenticated.
Exploitation context
The supplied sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation would require an authenticated administrator to be induced into making unintended management requests. The exact vulnerable requests and business impact are not disclosed.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The record names the affected component, version boundary, and CSRF class, but not vectors, parameters, CVSS, CWE, or confirmed exploit activity. Avoid assuming impact beyond administrator-authenticated request hijacking on the Organizations and Remediation management page.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory McAfee Vulnerability Manager Enterprise Manager deployments and versions.
- Upgrade instances before 7.5.10 according to McAfee advisory SB10147.
- Restrict administrative console access to trusted networks or VPN users.
- Review vendor guidance for supported migration or retirement options.
- Educate administrators to avoid untrusted links while logged into management consoles.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether MVM Enterprise Manager is present in the environment.
- Check installed version and flag anything before 7.5.10.
- Verify administrative interfaces are not exposed broadly.
- Review access logs for unexpected organization or remediation management changes.
- Document compensating controls if immediate upgrade is not possible.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10147CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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