What is CVE-2021-31854?

CVE-2021-31854 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2022-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2021-31854?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-31854 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Mcafee Agent

CVE-2021-31854

A command Injection Vulnerability in McAfee Agent (MA) for Windows prior to 5.7.5 allows local users to inject arbitrary shell code into the file cleanup.exe. The malicious clean.exe file is placed into the relevant folder and executed by…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Agent
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Agent For Windows — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-31854?: CVE-2021-31854 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2022-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-31854?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-31854 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.