CVE-2021-31836

Summary

CVECVE-2021-31836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-22 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-15 18:54:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Mcafee Agent All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin - McAfee Agent for Windows update fixes three vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-31836, CVE-2021-31841, CVE-2021-31847) kc.mcafee.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375914 McAfee Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities (SB10369)
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