Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024
McAfee MCPR privilege escalation
CVE-2022-1824
Description
An uncontrolled search path vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local attacker to perform a sideloading attack by using a specific file name. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code as there were insufficient checks on the executable being signed by McAfee.
Affected products
2- Range: <10.4.128
- McAfee,LLC/McAfee Consumer Product Removal Toolv5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- service.mcafee.commitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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