CVE-2021-31850 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-31850

Denial of Service in Database Security on Windows

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

McAfee Database Security (DBSec)
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: December 8th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-552

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1083 File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact