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.
EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mcafee Application_control — versions 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
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.