CVE-2024-49592

CVSS 6.7 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-427

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 6.7EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

15 Nov 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Trial installer for McAfee Total Protection (legacy trial installer software) 16.0.53 allows local privilege escalation because of an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. The attacker could be "an adversary or knowledgeable user" and the type of attack could be called "DLL-squatting." The issue only affects execution of this installer, and does not leave McAfee Total Protection in a vulnerable state after installation is completed. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

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

Affected products

n/a · n/a

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References

https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000002516?language=en_US