CVE-2022-43751

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 23, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2022-43751: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix