CVE-2022-0166

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:41

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References (CERT-VN) https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource () https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 -
References (CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 - Vendor Advisory () https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 -

08 Aug 2023, 14:22

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CWE CWE-269 CWE-427

25 Jan 2022, 20:12

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (CERT-VN) https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 - (CERT-VN) https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
References (CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 - (CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 7.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
First Time Mcafee agent
Mcafee
CWE CWE-269

21 Jan 2022, 00:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (CERT-VN) https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 -

19 Jan 2022, 11:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-01-19 11:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2022-0166

Mitre link : CVE-2022-0166

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-0166


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Products Affected

mcafee

  • agent
CWE
CWE-427

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