VDB
CVE-2022-0166
CVE-2022-0166
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.06% · 18.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.06%
18.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mcafee | agent | 0 |
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Agent for Windows | unspecified |
Timeline
- Jan 19, 2022 CVE Published
- Jan 24, 2022 PoC Published
- Feb 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10378 url
- VU#287178 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0166 advisory