VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-43751

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49 contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability due to the use of a variable pointing to a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user. This may have allowed the unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-427
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-427

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