Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2021 · Assigned by trellix
CVE-2021-23893Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) 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 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 95.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in a Windows system driver of McAfee Drive Encryption (DE) prior to 7.3.0 could allow a local non-admin user to gain elevated system privileges via exploiting an unutilized memory buffer.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) | unspecified – before 7.3.0 HF1 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 x_refsource_CONFIRM