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CVE-2021-31850 json

Denial of Service in Database Security on Windows

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-18725

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A denial-of-service vulnerability in Database Security (DBS) prior to 4.8.4 allows a remote authenticated administrator to trigger a denial-of-service attack against the DBS server. The configuration of Archiving through the User interface incorrectly allowed the creation of directories and files in Windows system directories and other locations where sensitive data could be overwritten. The former could lead to a DoS, whilst the latter could lead to data destruction on the DBS server.

Patch / fix

  • McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec) 4.8.4

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • McAfee,LLC McAfee Database Security (DBSec)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

Sources

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