Is CVE-2022-0166 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-0166 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-0166?

CVE-2022-0166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-0166?

CVE-2022-0166 has an EPSS score of 2.97% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0166?

Upgrade agent to 5.7.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-0166

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-427

How to fix

Remediation Available

agentNVD

Affected:< 5.7.5Fixed in:5.7.5CVE-2022-0166derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-27955	Critical	9.8	83%	-	-
CVE-2017-6517	Critical	9.8	46%	-	-
CVE-2020-3153	Medium	6.5	28%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-48990	High	7.8	20%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9491	High	7.8	13%	-	-
CVE-2020-3433	High	7.8	10%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.