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CVE-2022-0280: McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - File Deletion vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-367

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows: all versions
• Microsoft Corporation Windows: through 16.0.42

References

• https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103271&page=shell&shell=article-view
• https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103271&page=shell&shell=article-view

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