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CVE-2015-1305

McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint - Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

5
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) before 9.3.400 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted (1) 0x00224014 or (2) 0x0022c018 IOCTL call.

McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) anterior a 9.3.400 permite a usuarios locales escribir a localizaciones de memoria arbitrarias, y como consecuencia ganar privilegios, a través de una llamada IOCTL (1) 0x00224014 o (2) 0x0022c018 manipulada.

McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint version 9.3.200.23 suffers from an arbitrary write privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-01-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-01-30 CVE Published
  • 2015-01-30 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
Data Loss Prevention Endpoint
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Data Loss Prevention Endpoint"
<= 9.3.300
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Data Loss Prevention Endpoint" and version " <= 9.3.300"
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Affected
in Microsoft
Search vendor "Microsoft"
Windows Xp
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"
*-
Safe