CVE-2022-1824: McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An uncontrolled search path vulnerability in McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool prior to version 10.4.128 could allow a local attacker to perform a sideloading attack by using a specific file name. This could result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code as there were insufficient checks on the executable being signed by McAfee.

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.