CVE-2022-37025

high

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Security Scan Plus (MSS+) before 4.1.262.1 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code due to lack of an integrity check of the configuration file.

References

https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103335&page=shell&shell=article-view

https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/mcafee-security-scan-plus.html

https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00047