CVE-2021-31836

lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.20% (9th) EPSS
CVSS 3.6 · low
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2
v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · trellixpsirt@trellix.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 4.2
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-09-22modified 2026-06-17
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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