CVE-2022-1824 describes an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool versions prior to 10.4.128. A local attacker could exploit this by sideloading a malicious file, leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges due to insufficient signature checks. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.2, indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.4.128CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:consumer_product_removal_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.