CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-49592

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2024-11-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2024-11-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

Trial installer for McAfee Total Protection (legacy trial installer software) 16.0.53 allows local privilege escalation because of an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. The attacker could be "an adversary or knowledgeable user" and the type of attack could be called "DLL-squatting." The issue only affects execution of this installer, and does not leave McAfee Total Protection in a vulnerable state after installation is completed. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References