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 :

2024-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2024-11-27T16:57:18.153Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-49592 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Mcafee
  • Total Protection
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