CVE-2022-1257

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (5.5) in mcafee agent. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insecure storage of sensitive information vulnerability in MA for Linux, macOS, and Windows prior to 5.7.6 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information through storage in ma.db. The sensitive information has been moved to encrypted database files.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-922
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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