CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-1256

7.8 HIGH Published 2022-04-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-04-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mcafee agent (< 5.7.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References