CVE-2021-23892

Summary

By exploiting a time of check to time of use (TOCTOU) race condition during the Endpoint Security for Linux Threat Prevention and Firewall (ENSL TP/FW) installation process, a local user can perform a privilege escalation attack to obtain administrator privileges for the purpose of executing arbitrary code through insecure use of predictable temporary file locations.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Linuxunspecified < 10.7.5affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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