CVE-2021-23882

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23882
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-10 10:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-16 02:43:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security All All All All
Application Mcafee Endpoint Security All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee Security Bulletin - Endpoint Security for Windows update fixes five vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-23878, CVE-2021-23880, CVE-2021-23881, CVE-2021-23882, CVE-2021-23883) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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