CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-23882

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2021-02-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.

Affected configurations

• mcafee endpoint security (< 10.7.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References