CVE-2024-49592
McAfee Trial Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 15, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 18, 2024, 5:11 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-49592
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2024-49592.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000002516?language=en_US |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 18, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description McAfee Trial Installer 16.0.53 has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Local Escalation of Privileges. 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. Added Tag MITRE unsupported-when-assigned -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description McAfee Trial Installer 16.0.53 has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Local Escalation of Privileges. Added Reference MITRE https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000002516?language=en_US [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-49592 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-49592
weaknesses.