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CVE-2021-31836

Improper Privilege Management in MA for Windows

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 22, 2021 at 01:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMcAfee Agent

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

McAfee Agent· McAfee
95%
v < 5.7.4
Affected range stops below 5.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369

CVSS

7.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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