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CVE-2016-1715

The swin.sys kernel driver in McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 before build 706, 6.1.1 before build 404, 6.1.2 before build 449, 6.1.3 before build 441, and 6.2.0 before build 505 on 32-bit Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges via a 768 syscall, which triggers a zero to be written to an arbitrary kernel memory location.

Published

2016-01-12T20:59:11.167

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

2.7

Impact Score

8.5

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-189
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System microsoft windows * Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.1.0 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.1.1 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.1.2 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.1.3 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.2.0 Yes
References