CVE-2021-31853

HIGH

Mcafee Drive Encryption < 7.2.10 - Uncontrolled Search Path

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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)

[Broken Link] https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 9.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (3)

mcafee/drive_encryption < 7.2.10

mcafee/drive_encryption

Timeline

Published Nov 10, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026