Vulnerability in Mcafee Application Control
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 · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Application Control — versions 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1715?
- CVE-2016-1715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Application Control, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2016-01-12.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1715?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.