CVE-2021-23887

Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

Published Apr 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-10813 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
trellix
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 7:14 PM
Reserved
Jan 12, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 15, 2021, 8:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM