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FKIE_CVE-2021-23879

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-15 19:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:51

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	trellixpsirt@trellix.com	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mcafee	endpoint_product_removal_tool	*

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CVE-2021-23879 (GCVE-0-2021-23879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-15 18:40 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:29

Title

Summary

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Assigner

trellix

References

URL

Tags

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	McAfee, LLC	Endpoint Product Removal Tool	Affected: 21.x , < 21.2 (custom)

Credits

McAfee credits Lockheed Martin Red Team for responsibly reporting this flaw.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2021-23879

CVE-2021-23879 (GCVE-0-2021-23879)

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