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CVE-2021-23887

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.22%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Windows.

CVE
CVE-2021-23887
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.22%
Windows

Original NVD Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to write to arbitrary controlled kernel addresses. This is achieved by launching applications, suspending them, modifying the memory and restarting them when they are monitored by McAfee DLP through the hdlphook driver.

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