CVE-2022-43751

HIGH

7.8

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49 contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability due to the use of a variable pointing to a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user. This may have allowed the unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published11/23/2022

Last Modified4/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mcafee:total_protection

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427CWE-427

References

https://mcafee.com(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103348&page=shell&shell=article-view(cve@mitre.org)

https://mcafee.com(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103348&page=shell&shell=article-view(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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