CVE-2021-31842
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows a local user to initiate high CPU and memory consumption resulting in a Denial of Service attack through carefully editing the EPDeploy.xml file and then executing the setup process.
Una vulnerabilidad de tipo XML Entity Expansion injection en McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) para Windows versiones anteriores a la actualización 10.7.0 de septiembre de 2021, permite a un usuario local iniciar un elevado consumo de CPU y memoria resultando en un ataque de denegación de servicio mediante la edición cuidadosa del archivo EPDeploy.xml y la posterior ejecución del proceso de instalación
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2021-04-27 CVE Reserved
- 2021-09-17 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
CAPEC
References (1)
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| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10367 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | < 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version " < 10.7.0" | windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | april_2020, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | april_2021, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | february_2020, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | february_2021, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | july_2020, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | june_2021, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | november_2020, windows |
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| Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee" | Endpoint Security Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" | 10.7.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version "10.7.0" | september_2020, windows |
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