CVE-2021-31853

HIGH

McAfee Drive Encryption < 7.3.0 HF2 - DLL Search Order Hijacking

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) prior to 7.3.0 HF2 (7.3.0.183) allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (2)
mcafee/drive_encryption 7.3.0 (2 CPE variants)
mcafee/drive_encryption 7.2.0 - 7.2.10
Published Nov 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026