Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-31847
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 8.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.2
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-31847
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:-
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:5.7.1