{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23880 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-23880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee LLC Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows, published on 10 Feb 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-2021-23880 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-23880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee LLC Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows, published on 10 Feb 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-2021-23880 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: McAfee LLC Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows. 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-2021-23880/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23880/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-23880","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23880/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-23880","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-423w-5759-v9fv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint Security","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local administrator can bypass access controls to uninstall the anti-malware engine, compromising endpoint security.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"trellix","cpe":[{"product":"endpoint_security","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-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"Improper Access Control in attribute in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows authenticated local administrator user to perform an uninstallation of the anti-malware engine via the running of a specific command with the correct parameters.","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":"Improper Access Control in the ENS installer","id":"CVE-2021-23880","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":"Stored Cross Site Scripting in ENS","id":"CVE-2021-23881"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Endpoint Product Removal Tool","id":"CVE-2021-23879"},"products":["Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows"],"published":"2021-02-10","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Improper Access Control Vulnerability in ENS for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-7319","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-09"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENS for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-7264","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-08"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability through symbolic links in ENSM","id":"CVE-2020-7265","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-05-08"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"McAfee Endpoint Security updates fix a privilege escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-3582","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-02-28"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Privilege Escalation vulnerability through Symbolic links in ENS","id":"CVE-2020-7257","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-15"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Improper Access Control in the ENS installer","id":"CVE-2021-23882","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-10"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"ENS symbolic link log file manipulation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-7250","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-15"}],"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":"2024-09-16","vendors":["McAfee LLC"]},"summary":"A local administrator can bypass access controls to uninstall the anti-malware engine, compromising endpoint security.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23880/"}