Name: CVE-2021-31842: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-31842, CWE-776, CVSS 5, EPSS 0.00048

XML Entity Expansion injection vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2021 Update allows a local user to initiate high CPU and memory consumption resulting in a Denial of Service attack through carefully editing the EPDeploy.xml file and then executing the setup process.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Mcafee Endpoint Security Platform	—	Update McAfee Endpoint Security Platform to version 10.7.0.3012Update McAfee Endpoint Security Platform to version 10.6.1.2402	Aug 16, 2022	Sep 17, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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