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CVE-2021-31833: mcafee application_and_change_control Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 04-01-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-31833 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in mcafee application_and_change_control. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-01-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mcafee1 product
Mcafee,llc1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links