CVE-2016-1715

Published on: 01/12/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:04 PM UTC

CVE-2016-1715

Source: Mitre
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Certain versions of Application Control from Mcafee contain the following vulnerability:

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.

  • CVE-2016-1715 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 6.6 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL HIGH LOW REQUIRED
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
CHANGED LOW LOW HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM

Access
Vector ⓘ		 Access
Complexity		 Authentication
LOCAL MEDIUM SINGLE
Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
PARTIAL PARTIAL COMPLETE

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
Zero Day Initiative www.zerodayinitiative.com
text/html
 URL Logo MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: Application Control update fixes system crash caused by certain inputs to Application Control driver API on Windows 32-bit systems Patch
Vendor Advisory
kc.mcafee.com
text/html
 URL Logo CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.0AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.1AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.2AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.3AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.2.0AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.0AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.1AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.2AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.1.3AllAllAll
ApplicationMcafeeApplication Control6.2.0AllAllAll
Operating
System		MicrosoftWindowsAllAllAllAll
Operating
System		MicrosoftWindowsAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*:
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*: