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McAfee Endpoint Security Platform: CVE-2021-23883: Endpoint security for windows update fixes five vulnerabilities (SB10345)

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McAfee Endpoint Security Platform: CVE-2021-23883: Endpoint security for windows update fixes five vulnerabilities (SB10345)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/10/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows a local administrator to cause Windows to crash via a specific system call which is not handled correctly. This varies by machine and had partial protection prior to this update.

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-endpoint-security-platform-upgrade-10-6-1-2286
  • mcafee-endpoint-security-platform-upgrade-10-7-0-2421

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