Vulnerability · Published Jun 20, 2022 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2022-1823McAfee MCPR privilege escalation

High 7.9

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool from McAfee,LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.9High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool	unspecified – before 10.4.128

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103318&page=shell&shell=article-view x_refsource_CONFIRM