Vulnerability · Published Mar 15, 2021 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2021-23879Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and ...

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Endpoint Product Removal Tool from McAfee, LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee, LLC	Endpoint Product Removal Tool	21.x – before 21.2

Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351 x_refsource_CONFIRM