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CVE-2021-23892

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CVE-2021-23892

Published: May 12, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.2

HIGH

Description

By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during the Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention and Firewall (ENSL TP/FW) installation process, a local user can perform a privilege escalation attack to obtain administrator privileges for the purpose of executing arbitrary code through insecure use of predictable temporary file locations.

VendorProductVersions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Linux

affected
unspecified - < 10.7.5

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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