6.6

CVE-2016-1715: mcafee application_control Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.6v3.0MediumModified
Published 12-01-2016Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1715 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) Numeric Errors vulnerability in mcafee application_control. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.6/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.31% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mcafee1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links