CVE-2021-31840

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 10, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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