CVE-2021-23893 HIGH

CVE-2021-23893: Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)

Vendor Mcafee,Llc
Product McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)
Weakness CWE-269
Published October 1, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 1, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated