CVE-2022-43751

High

Description

McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49 contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability due to the use of a variable pointing to a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user. This may have allowed the unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Total Protection
PublishedNov 23, 2022
First seenNov 23, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Update
  • mcafee total_protection16.0.49 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee total_protectionv < 16.0.4916.0.49

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