VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-31845

CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability1.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Discover prior to 11.6.100 allows an attacker in the same network as the DLP Discover to execute arbitrary code through placing carefully constructed Ami Pro (.sam) files onto a machine and having DLP Discover scan it, leading to remote code execution with elevated privileges. This is caused by the destination buffer being of fixed size and incorrect checks being made on the source size.

Weakness classification

  • trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-120
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Primary references