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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

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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