CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23885

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Feb 17, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.8 allows an authenticated user to gain elevated privileges through the User Interface and execute commands on the appliance via incorrect improper neutralization of user input in the troubleshooting page.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Web_gateway Mcafee * 8.2.17 (excluding)
Web_gateway Mcafee 9.2 (including) 9.2.8 (excluding)
Web_gateway Mcafee 10.0 (including) 10.0.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References