CVE-2021-31842
MEDIUMMcafee Endpoint Security < 10.7.0 - XML Entity Expansion
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.6%
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