CVE-2021-31853CWE-427

MDE DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability

High · published November 10, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00198 · 9.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2021-11-10T09:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 NOV 09:00Z
    MDE DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability
    cvelistv5