CVE-2021-31842

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10367

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:april_2020::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:april_2021::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:february_2020::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:february_2021::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:july_2020::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:june_2021::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:november_2020::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:10.7.0:september_2020::::windows::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-09-17 14:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:35

NVD link : CVE-2021-31842

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31842

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31842

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

endpoint_security

CWE

CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

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