Vulnerability · Published Jan 4, 2022 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2021-31833

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) from McAfee,LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Potential product security bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC) prior to version 8.3.4 allows a locally logged in attacker to circumvent the application solidification protection provided by MACC, permitting them to run applications that would usually be prevented by MACC. This would require the attacker to rename the specified binary to match name of any configured updater and perform a specific set of steps, resulting in the renamed binary to be to run.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC)	unspecified – before 8.3.4

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10370 x_refsource_CONFIRM