CVE-2021-31847
Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Sep 22, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 27, 2021
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Agent for WindowsMcAfee,LLC |
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References
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