CVE-2021-31833 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-31833

Potential product security bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application and Change...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

McAfee Application and Change Control (MACC)
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: January 4th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion