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CVE-2021-23893

HIGH
8.8CVSS
Published: 2021-10-01
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

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 Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-269CWE-269

Metadata

Primary Vendor
MCAFEE
Published
10/1/2021
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

mcafee : drive_encryptionmcafee : drive_encryption

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