CVE-2016-1715 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Reference

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.6