CVE-2021-23879 - OpenCVE

Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mcafee	Endpoint Product Removal Tool

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_product_removal_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-03-15T18:40:15.385768Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:29:09.951Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-23879

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-15T19:15:13.323

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:30:56.890

Link: CVE-2021-23879

Redhat

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