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High · 8.2 CVE-2021-31847 EUVD-2021-18722GHSA-4h6j-v5px-xwg7

Improper privilege management in repair process of MA for Windows

Published Sep 22, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by trellix

Description

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows unspecified – < 5.7.4 5.7.4

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