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High · 7.4 CVE-2022-0129 EUVD-2022-15342GHSA-w973-74m8-8xw5

DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility

Published Jan 11, 2022 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by trellix

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
McAfee,LLC McAfee TechCheck unspecified – < 4.0.0.2 4.0.0.2

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