CVE-2021-23882

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23882
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-10T10:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-02-12T01:11:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 10.7.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23882
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23882
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:23:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:48:03 2021-02-10T10:15Z 2021-02-10T10:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 21:48:03 2021-02-12T01:11:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 21:48:03 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated