CVE-2021-31833CWE-269

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…

High · published January 4, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00251 · 15.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2022-01-04T09:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JAN 09:45Z
    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…
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