7.3
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-31840

Published: 10/06/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.3 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.3
VMScore: 392
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the preloading mechanism of specific dynamic link libraries in McAfee Agent for Windows before 5.7.3 could allow an authenticated, local malicious user to perform a DLL preloading attack with unsigned DLLs. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code.

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