High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-31840
CVE-2021-31840
Description
A vulnerability in the preloading mechanism of specific dynamic link libraries in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL preloading attack with unsigned DLLs. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and being able to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
3- Range: <5.7.3
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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