Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-31854
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 34.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.7
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-31854
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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