CVE-2021-23894

CRITICAL

Mcafee Database Security < 4.8.2 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a reverse shell with administrator privileges on the DBSec server via carefully constructed Java serialized object sent to the DBSec server.

References (1)

[Broken Link] https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359

Scores

CVSS v3 9.6

EPSS 0.0428

EPSS Percentile 88.7%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-502

Status published

Affected Products (1)

mcafee/database_security < 4.8.2

Timeline

Published Jun 02, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026