CVE-2021-31836 is a vulnerability in Mcafee Agent
Published on September 22, 2021
Improper Privilege Management in MA for Windows
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-31836 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-31836
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows:- Version unspecified and below 5.7.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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