CVE-2021-31842

MEDIUM

McAfee Endpoint Security < 10.7.0 - Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion in EPDeploy.xml

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows a local user to initiate high CPU and memory consumption resulting in a Denial of Service attack through carefully editing the EPDeploy.xml file and then executing the setup process.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-776
Status published
Products (2)
mcafee/endpoint_security 10.7.0 april_2020 (8 CPE variants)
mcafee/endpoint_security < 10.7.0
Published Sep 17, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026