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CVE-2021-31853

HIGH
Published 2021-11-10T09:00:13
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.077
Higher than 7.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-f925-j45v-vqqp

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31853
WEB https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374

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=SB10374
Published: 2021-11-10T09:00:13
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.205Z
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