CVE-2021-23883

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows a local administrator to cause Windows to crash via a specific system call which is not handled correctly. This varies by machine and had partial protection prior to this update.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-23883

Assigner
psirt@mcafee.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-02-10T10:15:13

Last Modified Date
2021-02-12T01:13:50

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
4.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

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-2021-23883
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23883

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:23:31				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:48:07	2021-02-10T10:15Z	2021-02-10T10:15:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:48:07		2021-02-12T01:13:50	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:48:07		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated