Description
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.
Published: 2021-09-17
Score: 5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-18717 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.
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Mcafee Endpoint Security
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.765Z

Reserved: 2021-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31842

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-17T14:15:08.097

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:20.300

Link: CVE-2021-31842

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