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CVE-2022-1256

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CVE-2022-1256

Published: Apr 14, 2022

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local low privileged user to gain system privileges through running the repair functionality. Temporary file actions were performed on the local user's %TEMP% directory with System privileges through manipulation of symbolic links.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Agent for Windows

affected
unspecified - < 5.7.6

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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