CVE-2021-31842 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-31842

Vendor Mcafee,Llc
Product McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows
Weakness CWE-776
Published September 17, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

5.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 17, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated