Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee WebAdvisor Chrome and Edge browser extensions up to 8.1.0.1895 allows a remote attacker to gain access to McAfee WebAdvisor settings and other details about the user’s system. This could lead to unexpected behaviors including; settings being changed, fingerprinting of the system leading to targeted scams, and not triggering the malicious software if McAfee software is detected.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-15865 Improper access control vulnerability in McAfee WebAdvisor Chrome and Edge browser extensions up to 8.1.0.1895 allows a remote attacker to gain access to McAfee WebAdvisor settings and other details about the user’s system. This could lead to unexpected behaviors including; settings being changed, fingerprinting of the system leading to targeted scams, and not triggering the malicious software if McAfee software is detected.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:40:04.354Z

Reserved: 2022-03-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-0815

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-10T23:15:08.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:39:27.250

Link: CVE-2022-0815

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