CVE-2022-2313: McAfee Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the MA Smart Installer for Windows prior to 5.7.7, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and obtain higher privileges via careful placement of a malicious DLL into the folder from where the Smart installer is being executed.

Affected products

• McAfee Agent: before 5.7.7 (fixed in 5.7.7)

Published 2022-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.