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CVE-2016-1715

McAfee Application Control Kernel Driver Memory Corruption Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

6.6
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

El controlador del kernel swin.sys en McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 en versiones anteriores a build 706, 6.1.1 en versiones anteriores a build 404, 6.1.2 en versiones anteriores a build 449, 6.1.3 en versiones anteriores a build 441 y 6.2.0 en versiones anteriores a build 505 sobre plataformas Windows 32-bit permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria y caída de sistema) u obtener privilegios a través de una llamada al sistema 768, lo que desencadena un cero a escribir en una ubicación de memoria del kernel arbitraria.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of McAfee Application Control. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within processing of syscall 768 in the swin.sys kernel driver. A malicious call can write a 0 to an arbitrary address in kernel memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

*Credits: Anonymous
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-01-08 CVE Published
  • 2016-01-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-17 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-189: Numeric Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Microsoft
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Windows
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*x86
Affected
in Mcafee
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Application Control
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6.1.0
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Affected
Microsoft
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Windows
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*x86
Affected
in Mcafee
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Application Control
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6.1.1
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Microsoft
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Windows
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*x86
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in Mcafee
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Application Control
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6.1.2
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Affected
Microsoft
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Windows
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*x86
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in Mcafee
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Application Control
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6.1.3
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Affected
Microsoft
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Windows
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*x86
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in Mcafee
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Application Control
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6.2.0
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Affected