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GHSA-GQ64-XH72-GM28

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-20 00:01 – Updated: 2023-08-08 15:31

Details

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the McAfee Agent prior to 5.7.5. McAfee Agent uses openssl.cnf during the build process to specify the OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory within the installation directory. A low privilege user could have created subdirectories and executed arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by creating the appropriate pathway to the specifically created malicious openssl.cnf file.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2022-0166 (GCVE-0-2022-0166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-19 11:05 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18

Title

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE- 269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

trellix

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	McAfee,LLC	McAfee Agent for Windows	Affected: unspecified , < 5.7.5 (custom)

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-GQ64-XH72-GM28

CVE-2022-0166 (GCVE-0-2022-0166)

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