CVE-2022-0280

Summary

CVECVE-2022-0280
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-10 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-16 03:13:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-367

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Total Protection All All All All
Application Mcafee Total Protection All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

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