Vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection For Windows
CVE-2022-0280
A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcafee Total Protection For Windows — versions unspecified
- Mcafee Total Protection
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- service.mcafee.com/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-0280?
- CVE-2022-0280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Total Protection For Windows, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-0280?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.