CVE-2022-1823 is a vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool
Published on June 20, 2022
McAfee MCPR privilege escalation
Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code, through not correctly checking the integrity of the configuration file.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-1823 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a 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 have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
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-2022-1823
Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool? stack.watch will email you.
Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool:- Version unspecified and below 10.4.128 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.