CVE-2016-1715

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1715
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-12 20:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.6 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5.5AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Application Control 6.1.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Application Control 6.1.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Application Control 6.1.2 All All All
Application Mcafee Application Control 6.1.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Application Control 6.2.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com
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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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