McAfee Agent up to 5.7.3 on Windows DLL privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.7.3 on Windows. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-31847. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Agent up to 5.7.3 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 09/22/2021 as SB10369. The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-31847 since 04/27/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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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: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Agent 5.7.4

Timelineinfo

04/27/2021 🔍
09/22/2021 +148 days 🔍
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10/01/2021 +9 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10369
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-31847 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-31847
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183210

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2021 18:54
Updated: 10/01/2021 10:23
Changes: 09/22/2021 18:54 (51), 10/01/2021 10:17 (2), 10/01/2021 10:23 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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