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CVE-2022-0166

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the McAfee Agent prior to 5.7.5. McAfee Agent uses openssl.cnf during the build process to specify the OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory within the installation directory. A low privilege user could have created subdirectories and executed arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by creating the appropriate pathway to the specifically created malicious openssl.cnf file.

Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios en McAfee Agent versiones anteriores a 5.7.5. McAfee Agent usa el archivo openssl.cnf durante el proceso de construcción para especificar la variable OPENSSLDIR como un subdirectorio dentro del directorio de instalación. Un usuario con bajos privilegios podría haber creado subdirectorios y ejecutar código arbitrario con privilegios SYSTEM creando la ruta apropiada al archivo openssl.cnf malicioso creado específicamente

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-01-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-01-19 CVE Published
  • 2023-08-12 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC
References (2)
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
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Agent
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< 5.7.5
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windows
Affected