CVE-2021-31836

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-31836

Assigner
psirt@mcafee.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-09-22T14:15:07

Last Modified Date
2021-09-29T14:49:47

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent::::::windows::*	1	OR		5.7.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.6

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369	Patch Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31836
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31836

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:53:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 11:06:02	2021-09-22T14:15Z	2021-09-22T14:15:07	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 11:06:02		2021-09-29T14:49:47	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 11:06:02		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated