CVE-2021-31836 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in the maconfig utility of McAfee Agent for Windows prior to version 5.7.4, allowing a local, low-privileged user to access sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.