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CVE-2016-1715

N/A
Published: January 12, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWindowsApplication Control

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189

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