CVE-2021-31847

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Agent for Windowsunspecified < 5.7.4affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-347: CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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