Unquoted service path vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Product Removal (EPR) Tool prior to 21.2 allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code, with higher-level privileges, via execution from a compromised folder. The tool did not enforce and protect the execution path. Local admin privileges are required to place the files in the required location.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23879
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10351