CVE-2021-23886 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-23886: Local Denial of Service in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

Vendor Mcafee,Llc
Product McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows
Weakness CWE-755
Published April 15, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Denial of Service vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to cause a BSoD through suspending a process, modifying the processes memory and restarting it. This is triggered by the hdlphook driver reading invalid memory.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 15, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated