McAfee Agent up to 5.7.2 on Windows MA Event Folder privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.7.2 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MA Event Folder. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-31839. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Agent up to 5.7.2 on Windows. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component MA Event Folder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 06/10/2021 as SB10362. The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-31839. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Agent 5.7.3

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04/27/2021 🔍
06/10/2021 +44 days 🔍
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06/13/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10362
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-31839 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-31839
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-176825

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2021 21:49
Updated: 06/13/2021 12:04
Changes: 06/10/2021 21:49 (40), 06/13/2021 11:56 (6), 06/13/2021 12:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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