PT-2022-2473 · Mcafee · Mcafee Agent

Published 2022-04-14 · Updated 2022-04-23 · CVE-2022-1257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Agent versions prior to 5.7.6

Description The issue is related to insecure storage of sensitive information in the ma.db database, allowing a local user to gain access to this information. The sensitive information has been moved to encrypted database files to address this issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.7.6, update to version 5.7.6 or later to ensure sensitive information is stored securely in encrypted database files. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ma.db database until the update can be applied.

Exploit

Fix

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-922

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-02879

CVE-2022-1257

Affected Products

Mcafee Agent

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/52345 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02879 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1257 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/40777 · Telegram Post
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382 · Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382 · Note