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CVE-2021-31842

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-09-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Windows. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2021-31842
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
0.23%
Windows

Original NVD 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.

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