CVE-2021-31844

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.200 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges through placing carefully constructed Ami Pro (.sam) files onto the local system and triggering a DLP Endpoint scan through accessing a file. This is caused by the destination buffer being of fixed size and incorrect checks being made on the source size.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
McAfee,LLCMcAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windowsunspecified < 10.6.200affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-120: CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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