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CVE-2021-31833

HIGH
7.1CVSS
Published: 2022-01-04
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

Potential product security bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) prior to version 8.3.4 allows a locally logged in attacker to circumvent the application solidification protection provided by MACC, permitting them to run applications that would usually be prevented by MACC. This would require the attacker to rename the specified binary to match name of any configured updater and perform a specific set of steps, resulting in the renamed binary to be to run.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor
MCAFEE
Published
1/4/2022
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

mcafee : application_and_change_control

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