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CVE-2022-1256

HIGH
Published 2022-04-14T13:45:17
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.296
Higher than 29.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Agent for Windows

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-qqm3-6f5j-2j3h

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1256
WEB https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 15, 2022, Modified: April 24, 2022

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382
Published: 2022-04-14T13:45:17
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T23:55:24.540Z
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