Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-1824

High

Published: 20 June 2022

Published
20 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 18.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-1824 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) vulnerability in Mcafee Consumer Product Removal Tool. Its CVSS base score is 7.9 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 18.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An uncontrolled search path vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local attacker to perform a sideloading attack by using a specific file name. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions…

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and being able to execute arbitrary code as there were insufficient checks on the executable being signed by McAfee.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mcafee
consumer product removal tool
≤ 10.4.128

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References