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CVE-2021-31854

HIGH
7.7

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.7
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredHIGH
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published1/19/2022
Last Modified2/24/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mcafee:agent

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78CWE-78

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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