CVE-2021-31854

Code injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Jan 19, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Apr 27, 2021

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Description

A command Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.7.5 allows local users to inject arbitrary shell code into the file cleanup.exe. The malicious clean.exe file is placed into the relevant folder and executed by running the McAfee Agent deployment feature located in the System Tree. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to obtain a reverse shell which can lead to privilege escalation to obtain root privileges.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Htrellix

Weaknesses

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
McAfee Agent for WindowsMcAfee,LLC
  • before 5.7.5Affected

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