vulnerability

McAfee Agent: CVE-2021-31841: Mcafee agent for windows update fixes three vulnerabilities (SB10369)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 22, 2021
Added
Mar 7, 2022
Modified
Nov 17, 2023

Description

A DLL sideloading vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 could allow a local user to perform a DLL sideloading attack with an unsigned DLL with a specific name and in a specific location. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and the ability to execute arbitrary code as the system user, through not checking the DLL signature.

Solution

mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-7-4
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.