Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-23892
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 25.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.2
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-23892
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.0
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.1
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.2
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.3
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.4
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.5.5
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.2
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.3
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.4
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.5
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.6
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.7
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.8
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cpe:2.3:o:mcafee:endpoint_security_for_linux_threat_prevention:10.6.9