CVE-2015-8772 describes a critical vulnerability in McPvDrv.sys version 4.6.111.0 within McAfee File Lock 5.x, part of McAfee Total Protection. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a system crash (Denial of Service) or extract sensitive information from kernel memory by manipulating the VERIFY_INFORMATION.Length value in an IOCTL_DISK_VERIFY ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality and availability, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog; however, it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:file_lock:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.