CVE-2022-1823: McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local user to modify a configuration file and perform a LOLBin (Living off the land) attack. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code, through not correctly checking the integrity of the configuration file.

Affected products

• McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool: before 10.4.128 (fixed in 10.4.128)

Published 2022-06-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.