PT-2016-36: Privilege Escalation in McAfee Application Control Vulnerable software McAfee Application Control Version: 7.0.0 and 6.x Links: http://www.mcafee.com/ Severity level Severity level: High Impact: Privilege Escalation, Denial of Service, Arbitrary Code Execution Access Vector: Local CVSS v3: Base Score: 7.5 Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) CVE: CVE-2016-8009 Software description McAfee Application Control provides fast, flexible and scalable protection against zero-day and advanced persistent threats Vulnerability description The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Application Control. Vulnerability in McAfee Application Control allows attackers elevate privileges, cause a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code via unauthorized use of IOCTL. How to fix Update your software up to the latest version Advisory status 02.09.2016 - Vendor gets vulnerability details 01.12.2016 - Vendor releases fixed version and details 16.12.2016 - Public disclosure Credits The vulnerability was detected by Maxim Kozhevnikov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company) References http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2016-36 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10175 Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research: http://www.ptsecurity.com http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/ About Positive Technologies Positive Technologies is a leading provider of vulnerability assessment, compliance management and threat analysis solutions to more than 1,000 global enterprise clients. Our solutions work seamlessly across your entire business: securing applications in development; assessing your network and application vulnerabilities; assuring compliance with regulatory requirements; and blocking real-time attacks. Our commitment to clients and research has earned Positive Technologies a reputation as one of the foremost authorities on SCADA, Banking, Telecom, Web Application and ERP security, and distinction as the #1 fastest growing Security and Vulnerability Management firm in 2012, as shown in an IDC report*. To learn more about Positive Technologies please visit www.ptsecurity.com *Source: IDC Worldwide Security and Vulnerability Management 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares, doc #242465, August 2013. Based on year-over-year revenue growth in 2012 for vendors with revenues of $20M+
