CVE-2021-23882 is a vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security
Published on February 10, 2021
Improper Access Control in the ENS installer
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23882 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-23882
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Affected Versions
McAfee LLC Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows:- Version 10.7.x and below 10.7.0 February 2021 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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