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CVE-2015-8772

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

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.

Affected products

• McAfee File Lock: 5.0

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/90
• https://www.nettitude.co.uk/mcafee-file-lock-driver-kernel-memory-leak/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/90
• https://www.nettitude.co.uk/mcafee-file-lock-driver-kernel-memory-leak/

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