CVE-2021-23887

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to write to arbitrary controlled kernel addresses. This is achieved by launching applications, suspending them, modifying the memory and restarting them when they are monitored by McAfee DLP through the hdlphook driver.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : 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

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354	Not Applicable
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357	Patch Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-04-15 01:15

Updated : 2021-04-27 07:08

NVD link : CVE-2021-23887

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23887

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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Products Affected

mcafee

data_loss_prevention_endpoint

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