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CVE-2021-31842

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.

Published

2021-09-17T14:15:08.097

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:06:20.300

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-776
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-776
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee endpoint_security < 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
Application mcafee endpoint_security 10.7.0 Yes
References