Improper Privilege Management in McAfee Drive Encryption - CVE-2021-23893
Published: October 5, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57059
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23893
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in the Windows system driver. A local user can escalate privileges.
Affected software
McAfee Drive Encryption
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23893
Install updates from vendor's website.
McAfee Drive Encryption - update to 7.3.0 HF1