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1 vulnerability found for McAfee TechCheck by McAfee,LLC

CVE-2022-0129 (GCVE-0-2022-0129)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-11 17:10
Modified
2024-08-02 23:18
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee,LLC McAfee TechCheck Version: unspecified   < 4.0.0.2
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