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.
Published: 2021-09-22
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.809Z

Reserved: 2021-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31847

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-22T14:15:07.563

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:20.813

Link: CVE-2021-31847

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