VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-0166
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-427