McAfee Total Protection prior to version 16.0.49 contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability due to the use of a variable pointing to a subdirectory that may be controllable by an unprivileged user. This may have allowed the unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.
Link | Tags |
---|---|
https://mcafee.com | product |
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103348&page=shell&shell=article-view | vendor advisory |