Privilege escalation in Mcafee Application And Change Control
CVE-2021-31833
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mcafee Application_and_change_control
- Mcafee,llc Mcafee Application And Change Control (Macc) — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-31833?
- CVE-2021-31833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Application And Change Control, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-01-04.
- How severe is CVE-2021-31833?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.