Local Denial of Service in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Denial of Service vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.100 allows a local, low privileged, attacker to cause a BSoD through suspending a process, modifying the processes memory and restarting it. This is triggered by the hdlphook driver reading invalid memory.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows (McAfee,LLC) Fixed in 10.6.100.41
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
McAfee,LLC McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows 10.6.100.41
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-06241 Privilege escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for WindowsPriority LOW 33
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23886
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-67hv-ghcg-2jfq
References
More McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-11842 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - SQL injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2018-04909 Improper signature verification in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-11841 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ePO extension - Cross site scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-11838 Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2019-02670 DLP Endpoint log file redirection to arbitrary locations CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2018-04924 Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) - Authentication Bypass vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-23886 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-23886 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-67hv-ghcg-2jfq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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