CVE-2022-37025

An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) before 4.1.262.1 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code due to lack of an integrity check of the configuration file.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2022-08-18

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Security Scan Plus (Mcafee)

References

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
• https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html
• https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view