CVE-2021-31853 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) prior to 7.3.0 HF2 (7.3.0.183) allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

Published: 2021-11-10

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 7.3.0 HF2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:7.3.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:7.3.0:hotfix1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18728	DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) prior to 7.3.0 HF2 (7.3.0.183) allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Drive Encryption

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-11-10T09:00:13.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.205Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-31853

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-10T09:15:07.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:21.570

Link: CVE-2021-31853

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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