Deserialization in Mcafee Database Security

CVE-2021-23894

Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to create a reverse shell with administrator privileges on the DBSec server via carefully constructed Java serialized object sent to the DBSec server.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-23894: held from 0.022 to 0.022.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23894?
CVE-2021-23894 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Database Security, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2021-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-23894?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.