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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-49592

Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/18/2024 11:15:25 AM

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						Description
						
							
							
								
							
								
McAfee Trial Installer 16.0.53 has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Local Escalation of Privileges.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
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.