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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-23893

CVE-2021-23893

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in a Windows system driver of McAfee Drive Encryption (DE) prior to 7.3.0 could allow a local non-admin user to gain elevated system privileges via exploiting an unutilized memory buffer.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.3.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:drive_encryption:7.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <7.3.0
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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