CVE-2021-23893 is a vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption
Published on October 1, 2021
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-23893 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-2021-23893
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Affected Versions
McAfee,LLC McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE):- Version unspecified and below 7.3.0 HF1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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