PT-2021-15596 · Mcafee · Mcafee Database Security

Published 2021-06-02 · Updated 2023-11-15 · CVE-2021-23894

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: McAfee Database Security versions prior to 4.8.2

Description: The issue allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a reverse shell with administrator privileges on the DBSec server via carefully constructed Java serialized object sent to the DBSec server.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 4.8.2, update to version 4.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the DBSec server to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23894

Affected Products

Mcafee Database Security

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23894 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23894 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/15391 · Telegram Post