Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4088

High

Published: 24 January 2022

Published
24 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0121 79.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4088 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Mcafee Data Loss Prevention. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 20.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL injection vulnerability in Data Loss Protection (DLP) ePO extension 11.8.x prior to 11.8.100, 11.7.x prior to 11.7.101, and 11.6.401 allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject unfiltered SQL into the DLP part of the ePO database. This could lead…

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to remote code execution on the ePO server with privilege escalation.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mcafee
data loss prevention
11.6.401 · 11.7.0 — 11.7.101 · 11.8.0 — 11.8.100

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References