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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-31839

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 allows a local user to modify event information in the MA event folder. This allows a local user to either add false events or remove events from the event logs prior to them being sent to the ePO server.

  • Published: Jun 10, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-31839
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mcafee / agent 5.0.0 5.7.3