CVE-2021-23879

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.7
Description
Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23879
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-03-15T19:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-03T13:04:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-428 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_product_removal_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 21.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23879
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23879
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-08 06:20:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 23:47:28 2021-03-15T19:15Z 2021-03-15T19:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 23:47:28 2022-05-03T13:04:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 23:47:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated