CVE-2021-31853

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p10

Published

Nov 10, 2021 (Nov 10, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability in McAfee Drive Encryption (MDE) prior to 7.3.0 HF2 (7.3.0.183) allows local users to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via execution from a compromised folder.

Vendors: mcafee
Products: drive encryption
Weakness: CWE-427
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

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