5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-23886
McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint Denial of Service BSoD Vanity Crash Fors-windows
Description

Denial of Service vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to cause a BSoD through suspending a process, modifying the processes memory and restarting it. This is triggered by the hdlphook driver reading invalid memory.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2021, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 15, 2023, 6:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-23886 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint
2 Mcafee data_loss_prevention
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-23886.

URL Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 Broken Link
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 Broken Link

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-23886 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-23886 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 Broken Link
    Added CWE NIST CWE-755
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source McAfee (DEFUNCT) Trellix
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Trellix https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Trellix https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354
    Removed Reference McAfee (DEFUNCT) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357
    Added CWE Trellix CWE-755
    Removed CWE McAfee (DEFUNCT) CWE-755
    Removed CVSS V3.1 McAfee (DEFUNCT) AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Trellix AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 No Types Assigned https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.6.100.41
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-23886 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-23886 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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