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CVE-2022-1256: Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2022-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local low privileged user to gain system privileges through running the repair functionality. Temporary file actions were performed on the local user's %TEMP% directory with System privileges through manipulation of symbolic links.

Affected products

• McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows: before 5.7.6 — fixed in 5.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows 5.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382

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