CVE-2021-31836
Improper Privilege Management in MA for Windows
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Privilege Management in MA for Windows
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
- Record
CVE-2021-31836- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18711
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
- Record
EUVD-2021-18711- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xxjw-6qx2-crcm
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7...
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
- Record
GHSA-xxjw-6qx2-crcm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper privilege management vulnerability in maconfig for McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information. The utility was able to be run from any location on the file system and by a low privileged user.
- Record
CVE-2021-31836- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-31836 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Mcafee Agent, published September 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.