Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows
CVE-2021-31844

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee,llc
Status
Mcafee Data Loss Prevention (dlp) Endpoint For Windows
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 September 2021

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows < 10.6.200

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB1...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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