CVE-2021-23886 is a vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint
Published on April 15, 2021
Local Denial of Service in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows
Denial of Service vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to cause a BSoD through suspending a process, modifying the processes memory and restarting it. This is triggered by the hdlphook driver reading invalid memory.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23886 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
The software does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-23886
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows:- Version unspecified and below 10.6.100.41 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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