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CVE-2022-1256

Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 14, 2022 at 01:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAgentMcAfee Agent

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Agent· McAfee
95%
v < 5.7.6
Affected range stops below 5.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
McAfee Agent· McAfee
60%
v < 5.7.6
Affected range stops below 5.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382

CVSS

7.8HIGHtrellix
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269CWE-59

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