CVE-2021-31842 (GCVE-0-2021-31842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-17 13:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows a local user to initiate high CPU and memory consumption resulting in a Denial of Service attack through carefully editing the EPDeploy.xml file and then executing the setup process.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee,LLC | McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows |
Affected:
unspecified , < 10.7.0 September 2021 Update
(custom)
|
guessed |
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