CVE-2022-1256

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in mcafee agent. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in MA for Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local low privileged user to gain system privileges through running the repair functionality. Temporary file actions were performed on the local user's %TEMP% directory with System privileges through manipulation of symbolic links.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-59, CWE-269
Published: 2022-04-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:agent

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382

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