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GHSA-gq64-xh72-gm28

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

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.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-gq64-xh72-gm28
Published
January 20, 2022 12:01 AM
Last Modified
August 8, 2023 3:31 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 6, 2025 6:30 AM

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