CVE-2022-0280 McAfee Total Protection (MTP) - File Deletion vulnerability
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in QuickClean to delete arbitrary files, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0280?
CVE-2022-0280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, published on 10 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A race condition vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to 16.0.43 that allows a local user to gain privilege elevation and perform an arbitrary file delete. This could lead to sensitive files being deleted and potentially cause denial of service. This attack exploits the way symlinks are created and how the product works with them.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0280?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0280?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-0280 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0280 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55vp-4grv-f6mg.