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    CVE-2022-43751

    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.

    Published:Nov 22, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 29, 2025
    EPS:Nov 22, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00087
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Total Protection

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High