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McAfee Agent: CVE-2021-31854: Mcafee agent update fixes two vulnerabilities (SB10378)

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McAfee Agent: CVE-2021-31854: Mcafee agent update fixes two vulnerabilities (SB10378)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/19/2022
Created
03/08/2022
Added
03/07/2022
Modified
03/07/2022

Description

A command Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.7.5 allows local users to inject arbitrary shell code into the file cleanup.exe. The malicious clean.exe file is placed into the relevant folder and executed by running the McAfee Agent deployment feature located in the System Tree. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to obtain a reverse shell which can lead to privilege escalation to obtain root privileges.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-agent-upgrade-5-7-5

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