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2 vulnerabilities found for McAfee TechCheck by McAfee,LLC
CVE-2022-0129 (GCVE-0-2022-0129)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-01-11 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18
VLAI
Title
DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103243 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee TechCheck |
Affected:
unspecified , < 4.0.0.2
(custom)
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CVE-2022-0129 (GCVE-0-2022-0129)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-11 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18
VLAI
Title
DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103243 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee TechCheck |
Affected:
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