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.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2021-18722 | 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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: trellix
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.809Z
Reserved: 2021-04-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-31847
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-09-22T14:15:07.563
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:20.813
Link: CVE-2021-31847
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