VDB-183737 · CVE-2021-23893 · SB10361

McAfee Drive Encryption up to 7.2.x privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Drive Encryption up to 7.2.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-23893. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Drive Encryption up to 7.2.x. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/02/2021 as SB10361. The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-23893 since 01/12/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 7.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Drive Encryption

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (McAfee): 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Drive Encryption 7.3.0

Timelineinfo

01/12/2021 🔍
10/02/2021 +262 days 🔍
10/02/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/08/2021 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10361
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2021-23893 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-23893
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183737

Entryinfo

Created: 10/02/2021 10:57
Updated: 10/08/2021 14:07
Changes: 10/02/2021 10:57 (49), 10/08/2021 14:07 (2)
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