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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-31847 – McAfee Agent for Windows

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-31847

McAfee Agent for Windows could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control vulnerability in the repair process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform a DLL preloading attack using unsigned DLLs.

Impact

  • Security Bypass

Affected Vendors

  • McAfee

Affected Products

  • McAfee Agent 5.6.5 for Windows
  • McAfee Agent 5.7.2 for Windows

Remediation

Refer to McAfee Security for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369&actp=null&viewlocale=en_US&showDraft=false&platinum_status=false&locale=en_US

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