CVE-2022-1256
Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Una vulnerabilidad de escalada de privilegios local en MA para Windows versiones anteriores a 5.7.6 permite a un usuario local con pocos privilegios alcanzar privilegios System mediante la ejecución de la funcionalidad repair. Fueron llevados a cabo acciones de archivos temporales en el directorio %TEMP% del usuario local con privilegios System mediante la manipulación de enlaces simbólicos
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-04-06 CVE Reserved
- 2022-04-14 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
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CWE
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (1)
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