CVE-2022-37025

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) before 4.1.262.1 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code due to lack of an integrity check of the configuration file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-37025

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-08-18T13:15:08

Last Modified Date
2022-08-19T15:09:56

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus::::::::	1	OR		4.1.262.1

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html
https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37025
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37025

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-08-18 14:00:11				Added to TrackCVE