CVE-2021-31842 | BDVDB-2026-161122 Detail
McAfeeMcAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for WIndows
Description#
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.