Vulnerability · Published Jun 20, 2022 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2022-1824McAfee MCPR privilege escalation

High 7.9

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path 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 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.9High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An uncontrolled search path vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local attacker to perform a sideloading attack by using a specific file name. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code as there were insufficient checks on the executable being signed by McAfee.

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-427 · 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