{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23879 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23879 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-23879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC Endpoint Product Removal Tool, published on 15 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-23879 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-23879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee, LLC Endpoint Product Removal Tool, published on 15 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23879 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: McAfee, LLC Endpoint Product Removal Tool. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23879/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23879/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-23879","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23879/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-23879","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4p7j-g7mm-h6h2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint Product Removal Tool","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Local administrators can execute arbitrary code with higher privileges via an unquoted service path in the McAfee EPR Tool.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"trellix","cpe":[{"product":"endpoint_product_removal_tool","vendor":"mcafee"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-428","name":"Unquoted Search Path or Element"}],"description":"Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Endpoint Product Removal Tool","id":"CVE-2021-23879","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Improper Access Control in the ENS installer","id":"CVE-2021-23880"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Clear text storage of sensitive Information in ENS","id":"CVE-2021-23878"},"products":["Endpoint Product Removal Tool"],"published":"2021-03-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["McAfee, LLC"]},"summary":"Local administrators can execute arbitrary code with higher privileges via an unquoted service path in the McAfee EPR Tool.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23879/"}