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CVE-2022-1256
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-04-14T15:15:07.943 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:22:06.113

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local low privileged user to gain system privileges through running the repair functionality. Temporary file actions were performed on the local user's %TEMP% directory with System privileges through manipulation of symbolic links.

Affected products

mcafee — agent

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References

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