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CVE-2022-1823

HIGH
Published 2022-06-20T10:15:22
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.9
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.395
Higher than 39.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code, through not correctly checking the integrity of the configuration file.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-x2wv-xwwr-px62

Advisory Details

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code, through not correctly checking the integrity of the configuration file.

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-2022-1823
WEB https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103318&page=shell&shell=article-view

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 21, 2022, Modified: June 29, 2022

References

https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103318&page=shell&shell=article-view
Published: 2022-06-20T10:15:22
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T00:17:00.722Z
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