CVE-2024-49592

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.7). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Trial installer for McAfee Total Protection (legacy trial installer software) 16.0.53 allows local privilege escalation because of an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. The attacker could be "an adversary or knowledgeable user" and the type of attack could be called "DLL-squatting." The issue only affects execution of this installer, and does not leave McAfee Total Protection in a vulnerable state after installation is completed. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2024-11-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000002516?language=en_US

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