7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-37025
McAfee Security Scan Plus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 18, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-37025 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-37025 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee security_scan_plus
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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None

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 11, 2021, 10:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-37025 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-37025 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    Added Reference https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html
    Added Reference https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/ No Types Assigned https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/ Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html No Types Assigned https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view No Types Assigned https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:security_scan_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.1.262.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.05635

percentile

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