Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-37025
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) before 4.1.262.1 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 due to lack of an integrity check of the configuration file.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view x_refsource_MISC