Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2022· Updated Aug 2, 2024
DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
CVE-2022-0129
Description
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
Affected products
2- McAfee,LLC/McAfee TechCheckv5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- service.mcafee.commitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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