Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2022· Updated Aug 2, 2024
Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
CVE-2022-1256
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.
Affected products
2- Range: <5.7.6
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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