CVE-2021-31847

Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 22
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5mcafee,llc/mcafee_agent_for_windowsunspecified5.7.4
NVDmcafee/agent< 5.7.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4h6j-v5px-xwg7: Improper access control vulnerability in the repair process for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 52022-05-24
CVEList
Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows2021-09-22