{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0166 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-0166 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows, published on 19 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0166 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-0166 is a high-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows, published on 19 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0166 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0166/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-0166","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0166/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-0166","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gq64-xh72-gm28"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"McAfee Agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A low-privilege user can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting a path traversal in the McAfee Agent's OpenSSL configuration handling.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"trellix","cpe":[{"product":"agent","vendor":"mcafee"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in the McAfee Agent prior to 5.7.5. McAfee Agent uses openssl.cnf during the build process to specify the OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory within the installation directory. A low privilege user could have created subdirectories and executed arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by creating the appropriate pathway to the specifically created malicious openssl.cnf file.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2022-0166","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in GitLab","id":"CVE-2022-0167"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Page Builder KingComposer \u003c= 2.9.6 - Open Redirect","id":"CVE-2022-0165"},"products":["McAfee Agent for Windows"],"published":"2022-01-19","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Remote Logging functionality had a use after free vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2018-6703","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-12-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"SQL injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent's ePO extension","id":"CVE-2022-1258","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-14"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"DLL high jacking in Trellix Agent","id":"CVE-2022-2313","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-27"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows","id":"CVE-2021-31847","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-22"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2022-1256","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-14"},{"cvss_score":7.7,"headline":"Code injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent","id":"CVE-2021-31854","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["McAfee,LLC"]},"summary":"A low-privilege user can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting a path traversal in the McAfee Agent's OpenSSL configuration handling.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0166/"}