Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
CVE-2022-1256

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mcafee,llc

Status
Mcafee Agent For Windows
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 April 2022

What is CVE-2022-1256?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local low privileged user to gain system privileges through running the repair functionality. Temporary file actions were performed on the local user's %TEMP% directory with System privileges through manipulation of symbolic links.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Agent for Windows Windows < 5.7.6

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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