CVE-2022-0166
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jan 19, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 10, 2022
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the McAfee Agent prior to 5.7.5. McAfee Agent uses openssl.cnf during the build process to specify the OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory within the installation directory. A low privilege user could have created subdirectories and executed arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by creating the appropriate pathway to the specifically created malicious openssl.cnf file.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Agent for WindowsMcAfee,LLC |
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References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378
- VU#287178third-party-advisory
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