Vulnerability in Mcafee Agent
CVE-2022-0166
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Agent
- Mcafee,llc Mcafee Agent For Windows — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/287178 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-0166?
- CVE-2022-0166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-01-19.
- How severe is CVE-2022-0166?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-0166 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.