CVE-2021-31853 (GCVE-0-2021-31853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-10 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
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Title
MDE DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled search path element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
McAfee,LLC McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) Affected: unspecified , < 7.3.0 HF2 (custom)
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Credits
FatRodzianko
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