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CVE-2021-31847
HIGH · CVSS 8.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-09-22T14:15:07.563 · Last modified 2026-06-17T03:52:20.417

Summary

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

mcafee — agent

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References

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