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CVE-2021-23887

Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to write to arbitrary controlled kernel addresses. This is achieved by launching applications, suspending them, modifying the memory and restarting them when they are monitored by McAfee DLP through the hdlphook driver.

Una vulnerabilidad de Escalada de Privilegios en McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint para Windows anterior a versión 11.6.100, permite a un atacante local, poco privilegiado, escribir direcciones de kernel controladas arbitrariamente. Esto es logrado al iniciar aplicaciones, suspenderlas, modificar la memoria y reiniciarlas cuando son monitoreadas por McAfee DLP por medio del controlador hdlphook

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
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-269: Improper Privilege Management
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