McAfee Application Control swin.sys Memory Corruption (SB10145)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87922

Synopsis

The remote host has a security application installed that is affected by denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee Application Control is 6.1.0 prior to build 706, 6.1.1 prior to build 404, 6.1.2 prior to build 449, 6.1.3 prior to build 441, or 6.2.0 prior to build 505. It is, therefore, affected by a kernel memory corruption issue in the swin.sys driver when handling a 786 syscall, which causes a zero to be written to an arbitrary location in kernel memory. A local attacker can exploit this, via a crafted web page or file, to cause a denial of service, gain elevated privileges, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee Application Control version 6.1.0.706 / 6.1.1.404 / 6.1.2.449 / 6.1.3.441 / 6.2.0.505 or later.

See Also

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87922

File Name: mcafee_app_ctl_6_2_0_505.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/14/2016

Updated: 11/22/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:application_control

Required KB Items: installed_sw/McAfee Application Control

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1715

IAVB: 2016-B-0011

MCAFEE-SB: SB10145

ZDI: ZDI-16-007