High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-31844
CVE-2021-31844
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows prior to 11.6.200 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges through placing carefully constructed Ami Pro (.sam) files onto the local system and triggering a DLP Endpoint scan through accessing a file. This is caused by the destination buffer being of fixed size and incorrect checks being made on the source size.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:data_loss_prevention_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.6.200
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: <11.6.200
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/indexnvdBroken Link
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