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CVE-2022-0166
A privilege escalation vulnerability in the McAfee Agent prior to 5.7.5.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mcafee | Agent | before 5.7.5 |