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    2 vulnerabilities found for McAfee TechCheck by McAfee,LLC

    CVE-2022-0129 (GCVE-0-2022-0129)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-01-11 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18
    VLAI
    Title
    DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
    Summary
    Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
    Severity
    7.4 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
    CWE
    • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103243 x_refsource_CONFIRM
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    McAfee,LLC McAfee TechCheck Affected: unspecified , < 4.0.0.2 (custom)
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    Show details on NVD website
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    CVE-2022-0129 (GCVE-0-2022-0129)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-11 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18
    VLAI
    Title
    DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
    Summary
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    Severity
    7.4 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
    CWE
    • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
    Assigner
    References
    URL Tags
    https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103243 x_refsource_CONFIRM
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    McAfee,LLC McAfee TechCheck Affected: unspecified , < 4.0.0.2 (custom)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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