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Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 15, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 10, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Nov 15, 2023

Severity

Low
3.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-31839

GHSA ID

GHSA-gr8f-frhq-4h8r

Source code

No known source code

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