CVE-2021-23882

HIGH

McAfee Endpoint Security < 10.7.0 - Improper Access Control via Crafted File Placement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/endpoint_security < 10.7.0
Published Feb 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026