McAfee Agent: CVE-2021-31841: Mcafee agent for windows update fixes three vulnerabilities (SB10369)
7
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
09/22/2021
03/08/2022
03/07/2022
11/17/2023
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(s)
- mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-7-4
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