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.

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

EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mcafee Database_security
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Database Security (Dbsec) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)

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.