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CVE-2022-0129
DLL Highjack vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck utility
High7.4EPSS 0.29%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in McAfee TechCheck prior to 4.0.0.2 allows a local administrator to load their own Dynamic Link Library (DLL) gaining elevation of privileges to system user. This was achieved through placing the malicious DLL in the same directory that the process was run from.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 4.0.0.2
References (1)
- https://service.mcafee.com/?articleId=TS103243 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-0129)Record last updated .