CVE-2021-31836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.

Published: 2021-09-22

Score: 5.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Agent for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.7.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18711	Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00112.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Mcafee Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-09-22T13:30:14.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.604Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-31836

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-22T14:15:07.410

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:19.547

Link: CVE-2021-31836

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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