CVE-2021-31836

7.1 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.1) in mcafee mcafee agent. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2021-09-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:mcafee_agent

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10369

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