High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-31841
CVE-2021-31841
Description
A DLL sideloading vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 could allow a local user to perform a DLL sideloading attack with an unsigned DLL with a specific name and in a specific location. This would result in the user gaining elevated permissions and the ability to execute arbitrary code as the system user, through not checking the DLL signature.
Affected products
3- Range: <5.7.4
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvdBroken Link
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