CVE-2021-23882

Improper Access Control in the ENS installer

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Feb 10, 2021
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jan 12, 2021

Description

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	trellix

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Endpoint Security (ENS) for WindowsMcAfee LLC	10.7.x to before 10.7.0 February 2021Affected

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345

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