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CVE-2021-31840

7.3 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.3) in mcafee mcafee agent. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the preloading mechanism of specific dynamic link libraries in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack with unsigned DLLs. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.3 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-427
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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