VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-0280

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-367
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-367

Primary references