ZDI-CAN-24269: ZDI-24-1517: McAfee Total Protection Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

First published: Tue Nov 19 2024(Updated: )

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of McAfee Total Protection. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 6.7. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-49592.

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