Is CVE-2021-31833 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-31833 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-31833?

CVE-2021-31833 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-31833?

CVE-2021-31833 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-31833?

Upgrade application and change control to 8.3.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-31833

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

application and change controlNVD

Affected:< 8.3.4Fixed in:8.3.4CVE-2021-31833derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

kc.mcafee.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.