CVE-2022-1256

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - trellixpsirt@trellix.com

Published

2022-04-14

Last modified

2024-08-02

Weaknesses

CWE-269, CWE-59

Affected products

• Agent (Mcafee)
• Mcafee Agent For Windows (Mcafeellc)

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382