CVE-2021-31853

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-11-10 09:15

Updated : 2023-11-15 20:21

NVD link : CVE-2021-31853

Mitre link : CVE-2021-31853

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-31853

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

drive_encryption

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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