CVE-2021-31854 is a vulnerability in McAfee Agent
Published on January 19, 2022
Code injection vulnerability in McAfee Agent
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-31854 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2021-31854 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-31854
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows:- Version unspecified and below 5.7.5 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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