Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2022 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2022-0815McAfee WebAdvisor - Extension Fingerprinting vulnerability

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in McAfee WebAdvisor from McAfee. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee WebAdvisor Chrome and Edge browser extensions up to 8.1.0.1895 allows a remote attacker to gain access to McAfee WebAdvisor settings and other details about the user’s system. This could lead to unexpected behaviors including; settings being changed, fingerprinting of the system leading to targeted scams, and not triggering the malicious software if McAfee software is detected.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee	McAfee WebAdvisor	unspecified – through 8.1.0.1895

Weakness: CWE-668 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References

https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103273&page=shell&shell=article-view x_refsource_MISC