McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-31843. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Endpoint Security up to 10.7.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 disclosed 09/17/2021 as SB10367. It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-31843 since 04/27/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 10.7.0 September 2021 Update is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 10.7.0 September 2021 Update

Timelineinfo

04/27/2021 🔍
09/17/2021 +143 days 🔍
09/17/2021 +0 days 🔍
02/25/2026 +1622 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10367
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-31843 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-31843
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-182867

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2021 21:32
Updated: 02/25/2026 05:09
Changes: 09/17/2021 21:32 (49), 09/22/2021 14:45 (2), 02/25/2026 05:09 (33)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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