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CVE-2022-0280

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CVE-2022-0280

Published: Mar 10, 2022

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

Description

A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee

McAfee Total Protection for Windows

affected
unspecified - <= 16.0.42

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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