CVE-2022-1256 is a vulnerability in McAfee Agent
Published on April 14, 2022
Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-1256 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-1256
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows:- Version unspecified and below 5.7.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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