CVE-2015-8772 (GCVE-0-2015-8772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-29 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
McPvDrv.sys 4.6.111.0 in McAfee File Lock 5.x in McAfee Total Protection allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large VERIFY_INFORMATION.Length value in an IOCTL_DISK_VERIFY ioctl call.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-01-27 00:00
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