PT-2021-15595 · Mcafee · Mcafee Drive Encryption

Published 2021-10-01 · Updated 2021-10-07 · CVE-2021-23893

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: McAfee Drive Encryption versions prior to 7.3.0

Description: The issue allows a local non-admin user to gain elevated system privileges via exploiting an unutilized memory buffer in a Windows system driver.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 7.3.0, update to version 7.3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23893

Affected Products

Mcafee Drive Encryption

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23893 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23893 · Security Note
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10361 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29771 · Telegram Post