CVE-ID |
CVE-2021-31847
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Description |
Improper access control vulnerability in the repair process for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 could allow a local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack using unsigned DLLs. This would result in elevation of privileges and the ability to execute arbitrary code as the system user, through not correctly protecting a temporary directory used in the repair process and not checking the DLL signature.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Trellix |
Date Record Created |
20210427 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20210427) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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