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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-31853 – McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE)

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-31853 

McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability. By placing a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges.

Impact

  • Code Execution

Affected Vendors

McAfee

Affected Products

  • McAfee Drive Encryption 7.1.0

Remediation

Refer to McAfee Security Advisory for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information.

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374

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