# CVE-2016-1715: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a kernel driver flaw in McAfee Application Control to write to arbitrary memory, causing system crashes or gaining elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jan 2016
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f9p7-4jjw-qp22

## What is CVE-2016-1715?

CVE-2016-1715 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, published on 12 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1715?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mcafee Application Control, Microsoft Windows.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-1715?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-1715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows

- [CVE-2016-8009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8009/): Privilege escalation in McAfee Application Control (MAC) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-8010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8010/): Security feature bypass in McAfee Application Control (MAC) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-9920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9920/): Security feature bypass in McAfee Application Control (MAC) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2013-7460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7460/): Security feature bypass in Application Control (MAC) (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2013-7461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7461/): Security feature bypass in Change Control (MCC) (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-1715 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-1715 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, published on 12 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1715/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1715/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1715
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1715
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1715

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