CVE-2024-49592

Medium

Description

Trial installer for McAfee Total Protection (legacy trial installer software) 16.0.53 allows local privilege escalation because of an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. The attacker could be "an adversary or knowledgeable user" and the type of attack could be called "DLL-squatting." The issue only affects execution of this installer, and does not leave McAfee Total Protection in a vulnerable state after installation is completed. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Total Protection
PublishedNov 15, 2024
First seenNov 15, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee total_protection16.0.53—

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