CVE-2016-1715: Detailed Vulnerability Analysis and Overview

Status: Analyzed - Last modified: 21-01-2016 Published: 12-01-2016

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CVE-2016-1715
Vulnerability Scoring

6.6
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: HIGH IMPACT
  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Privileges Required: Low Impact
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • User Interaction: REQUIRED

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: Low Impact
  • Integrity: Low Impact
  • Availability: HIGH IMPACT

CVE-2016-1715 Vulnerability Summary

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.

Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2016-1715

Impact Analysis for CVE-2016-1715

CVE-2016-1715: Detailed Information and External References

EPSS

0.00086

EPSS %

0.37566

References

0.00086

CWE

CWE-189

Vulnerable Configurations

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

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

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