CVE-2022-0129CWE-427

DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility

High · published January 11, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00280 · 19.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2022-01-11T17:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JAN 17:10Z
    DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
    cvelistv5