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CVE-2016-1715

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
12/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.60
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
5.50
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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