What is CVE-2021-23879?

CVE-2021-23879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Product Removal Tool, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2021-23879?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Product Removal Tool

CVE-2021-23879

Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Endpoint_product_removal_tool
Mcafee, Llc Endpoint Product Removal Tool — versions 21.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23879?: CVE-2021-23879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Endpoint Product Removal Tool, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2021-23879?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.