CVE-2021-31839: medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows
Incorrect permissions on McAfee Agent for Windows event folder
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.8epss 0.2%
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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Agent for WindowsRelated CVEs — McAfee Agent for Windows
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2022-0166HIGHPrivilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee AgentEPSS 2.9%CVE-2021-31854HIGHCode injection vulnerability in McAfee AgentEPSS 1.0%CVE-2021-31847HIGHImproper privilege management in repair process of MA for WindowsEPSS 0.4%CVE-2021-31840HIGHDLL preload vulnerability in McAfee Agent for WindowsEPSS 0.3%CVE-2022-1256HIGHImproper Privilege Management in McAfee Agent for WindowsEPSS 0.3%CVE-2021-31841HIGHDLL side loading vulnerability in MA for WindowsEPSS 0.2%