Fiche vulnérabilité
CVE-2021-31847 : faille élevée mcafee agent (CVSS 7.8)
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.
En bref
- Sévérité
- Élevée (CVSS 7.8)
- Vecteur CVSS
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Exploitation active
- Non signalée par la CISA
- Publication
- 22 sept. 2021
- Dernière mise à jour
- 17 juin 2026
Produits concernés
- mcafee agent