CVE-2021-31842
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.0 Medium
- Published
- Sep 17, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 27, 2021
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
- CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndowsMcAfee,LLC |
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References
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