CVE-2021-23882

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (4.4) in mcafee endpoint security. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Access Control vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows local administrators to prevent the installation of some ENS files by placing carefully crafted files where ENS will be installed. This is only applicable to clean installations of ENS as the Access Control rules will prevent modification prior to up an upgrade.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2021-02-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:endpoint_security

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345

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