CVE-2021-31836

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.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

3.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

29 Sep 2021, 14:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent::::::windows::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 3.6 v3 : 7.1
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

22 Sep 2021, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-09-22 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08

NVD link : CVE-2021-31836

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31836

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31836

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

mcafee_agent

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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