CVE-2021-31844
Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Sep 17, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 27, 2021
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.200 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges through placing carefully constructed Ami Pro (.sam) files onto the local system and triggering a DLP Endpoint scan through accessing a file. This is caused by the destination buffer being of fixed size and incorrect checks being made on the source size.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | trellix |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for WindowsMcAfee,LLC |
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References
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