CVE-ID |
CVE-2022-0166
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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Description |
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.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Trellix |
Date Record Created |
20220110 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20220110) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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