CVE-2016-1715
McAfee Application Control Kernel Driver Memory Corruption Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
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
References (2)
URL | Tag | Source |
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http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007 | X_refsource_misc |
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145 | 2016-01-21 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | * | x86 |
Affected
| in | Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Application Control Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" | 6.1.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" and version "6.1.0" | - |
Affected
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Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | * | x86 |
Affected
| in | Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Application Control Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" | 6.1.1 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" and version "6.1.1" | - |
Affected
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Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | * | x86 |
Affected
| in | Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Application Control Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" | 6.1.2 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" and version "6.1.2" | - |
Affected
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Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | * | x86 |
Affected
| in | Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Application Control Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" | 6.1.3 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" and version "6.1.3" | - |
Affected
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Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft" | Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows" | * | x86 |
Affected
| in | Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Application Control Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" | 6.2.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Application Control" and version "6.2.0" | - |
Affected
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