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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2022-1256

Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows

  • unspecified to < 5.7.6affected

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