CVE-2021-31850

MEDIUM

McAfee Database Security < 4.8.4 - Authenticated Denial of Service and Arbitrary File Write via Archiving Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A denial-of-service vulnerability in Database Security (DBS) prior to 4.8.4 allows a remote authenticated administrator to trigger a denial-of-service attack against the DBS server. The configuration of Archiving through the User interface incorrectly allowed the creation of directories and files in Windows system directories and other locations where sensitive data could be overwritten. The former could lead to a DoS, whilst the latter could lead to data destruction on the DBS server.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1535/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-552
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/database_security < 4.8.4
Published Dec 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026