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…
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mcafee Total Protection For Windows — versions unspecified
- Mcafee Total_protection
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_MISC, 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.