CVE-2021-23893

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:7.3.0:-::::::

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 -

07 Oct 2021, 21:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-269
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : 7.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:7.3.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption::::::::

01 Oct 2021, 11:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-10-01 10:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09

NVD link : CVE-2021-23893

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23893

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23893

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

drive_encryption

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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