McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - File Deletion vulnerability
CVE-2022-0280

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

McAfee
Status
McAfee Total Protection for Windows
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 March 2022

What is CVE-2022-0280?

A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Total Protection for Windows <= 16.0.42

References

https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103271&page=shell...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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