CVE-2021-31840
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-31840 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2021-06-10 17:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-11-07 03:35:00 UTC |
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| Description | A vulnerability in the preloading mechanism of specific dynamic link libraries in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack with unsigned DLLs. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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| Application |
Mcafee |
Mcafee Agent |
All |
All |
All |
All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Security Bulletin - McAfee Agent for Windows update fixes two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-31839 and CVE-2021-31840) |
CONFIRM |
kc.mcafee.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 375636 McAfee Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities (SB10362)
