CVE-2022-1256: Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Agent for Windows
Vendor fix available · Affected: McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 17% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- McAfee,LLC · McAfee Agent for Windowsbefore 5.7.6
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- McAfee,LLC
- Published
- April 2022
CoverageNo articles yet
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