Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-0280
A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 36.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 3.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2022-0280
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:-
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:16.0.18
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:16.0.29
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:16.0.30
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:16.0.32
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:16.0.36
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:4.0.161.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:4.0.176.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:4.6
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-