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CVE-2024-49592

Nov. 27, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

CVSS Score

6.7 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

McAfee Trial Installer

  • 16.0.53

Description

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

CWE ID: 427

Date

Published: Nov. 15, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Nov. 27, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
6.7
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References