Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent
Published Jan 19, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.94%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ unspecified, < 5.7.5
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Agent for Windows | unknown | Affected
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (3)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15374 Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-15374 | Advisory | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN |
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