Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2021 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2021-31842
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows 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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows | unspecified – before 10.7.0 September 2021 Update |
Weakness: CWE-776 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10367 x_refsource_CONFIRM