CVE-2021-31839

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 allows a local user to modify event information in the MA event folder. This allows a local user to either add false events or remove events from the event logs prior to them being sent to the ePO server.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10362	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-06-10 17:15

Updated : 2023-11-15 20:49

NVD link : CVE-2021-31839

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31839

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31839

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

agent

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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