FKIE_CVE-2021-23886

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-15 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:38
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354Broken Link
trellixpsirt@trellix.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10354Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10357Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee data_loss_prevention_endpoint *
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          "vendor": "McAfee,LLC",
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    }
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    },
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de Denegaci\u00f3n de Servicio en McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint para Windows anterior a versi\u00f3n 11.6.100, permite a un atacante local, poco privilegiado, causar un BSoD al suspender un proceso, modificar la memoria del proceso y reiniciarlo.\u0026#xa0;Esto es desencadenado cuando el controlador hdlphook lee una memoria no v\u00e1lida"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:38:59.037",
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