CVE-2021-31847: Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Agent for Windows
Vendor fix available · Affected: McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 34% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper access control vulnerability in the repair process for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 could allow a local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack using unsigned DLLs. This would result in elevation of privileges and the ability to execute arbitrary code as the system user, through not correctly protecting a temporary directory used in the repair process and not checking the DLL signature.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- McAfee,LLC · McAfee Agent for Windowsbefore 5.7.4
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- McAfee,LLC
- Published
- September 2021
CoverageNo articles yet
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