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CVE-2021-23894

CRITICAL
Published 2021-06-02T13:05:15
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.043
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 4.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.883
Higher than 88.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Database Security (DBSec)

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-86cp-mgj2-w853

Advisory Details

Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23894
WEB https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: November 15, 2023

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359
Published: 2021-06-02T13:05:15
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.394Z
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