CVE-2022-1256

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
14/04/2022
Last modified:
07/11/2023

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 5.7.6 (excluding)


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