CVE-2021-23887 is a vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint
Published on April 15, 2021
Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to write to arbitrary controlled kernel addresses. This is achieved by launching applications, suspending them, modifying the memory and restarting them when they are monitored by McAfee DLP through the hdlphook driver.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23887 can be exploited 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 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-2021-23887
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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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