CVE-2022-1256
Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Apr 14, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 6, 2022
Description
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.
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
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Agent for WindowsMcAfee,LLC |
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References
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