CVE-2021-31853

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in mcafee drive encryption. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) prior to 7.3.0 HF2 (7.3.0.183) allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2021-11-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mcafee:drive_encryption

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10374

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