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CVE-2016-1715

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 2.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-1715
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.6
EPSS
2.31%
Windows

Original NVD 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.