CVE-2021-31854

HIGH

McAfee Agent < 5.7.5 - OS Command Injection via File Cleanup Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 running the McAfee Agent deployment feature located in the System Tree. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to obtain a reverse shell which can lead to privilege escalation to obtain root privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/agent < 5.7.5
Published Jan 19, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026