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CVE-2021-23886

Local Denial of Service in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Denial of Service vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to cause a BSoD through suspending a process, modifying the processes memory and restarting it. This is triggered by the hdlphook driver reading invalid memory.

Una vulnerabilidad de Denegación de Servicio en McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint para Windows anterior a versión 11.6.100, permite a un atacante local, poco privilegiado, causar un BSoD al suspender un proceso, modificar la memoria del proceso y reiniciarlo. Esto es desencadenado cuando el controlador hdlphook lee una memoria no válida

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-01-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-04-15 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
Data Loss Prevention Endpoint
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Data Loss Prevention Endpoint"
< 11.6.100.41
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Data Loss Prevention Endpoint" and version " < 11.6.100.41"
windows
Affected